How do I keep my CDROM drive from losing its
drive letter? Sometimes it's (F:) and sometimes I lose it I guess when
I
plug in other devices like digital camera or flash drive or voice
recorder.
My DVD drive is always present on (E:). But I lose the CDROM drive.
My
flash drive sometimes becomes (F:). I have only recently learned I can
scan
for hardware changes, and I can get my CDROM drive back, perhaps to
(L:). I
used to think I had to re-boot in case I wanted to burn a CD. Can I
permanently assign (F:) to the CDROM drive? Thanks much, Bob

"bnus440" wrote

> How do I keep my CDROM drive from losing its
> drive letter? Sometimes it's (F:) and sometimes I lose it I guess when
> I
> plug in other devices like digital camera or flash drive or voice
> recorder.
> My DVD drive is always present on (E:). But I lose the CDROM drive.
> My
> flash drive sometimes becomes (F:). I have only recently learned I can
> scan
> for hardware changes, and I can get my CDROM drive back, perhaps to
> (L:). I
> used to think I had to re-boot in case I wanted to burn a CD. Can I
> permanently assign (F:) to the CDROM drive? Thanks much, Bob

Assign the CD and DVD drives to higher drive letters such as Y or Z. Leave
the lower letters for removable devices. Insert a CD in the drive, right
click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. In the right pane right click
the CD drive, and changes it's drive letter.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"bnus440" wrote

> How do I keep my CDROM drive from losing its
> drive letter? Sometimes it's (F:) and sometimes I lose it I guess when
> I
> plug in other devices like digital camera or flash drive or voice
> recorder.
> My DVD drive is always present on (E:). But I lose the CDROM drive.
> My
> flash drive sometimes becomes (F:). I have only recently learned I can
> scan
> for hardware changes, and I can get my CDROM drive back, perhaps to
> (L:). I
> used to think I had to re-boot in case I wanted to burn a CD. Can I
> permanently assign (F:) to the CDROM drive? Thanks much, Bob

Assign the CD and DVD drives to higher drive letters such as Y or Z. Leave
the lower letters for removable devices. Insert a CD in the drive, right
click My Computer | Manage | Disk Management. In the right pane right click
the CD drive, and changes it's drive letter.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]