GX200 drive letter allocation

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My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached, at D: and moving
up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the reader, and my
portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old Gateway did
this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my shortcuts don't always
work. TIA.

 

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"Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote in message
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> My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached, at D: and
> moving
> up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the reader, and my
> portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old Gateway did
> this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my shortcuts don't always
> work. TIA.
>
>

What operating system? The instructions for a solution are different.

Tom

 

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98SE.
"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:dbda1n$8i6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> > My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached, at D: and
> > moving
> > up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the reader, and my
> > portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old Gateway did
> > this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my shortcuts don't
always
> > work. TIA.
> >
> >
>
> What operating system? The instructions for a solution are different.
>
> Tom
>
>

 

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"Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote:

>My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached, at D: and moving
>up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the reader, and my
>portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old Gateway did
>this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my shortcuts don't always
>work. TIA.
>
This is why I have always made my CDROM drives Z. Or if I have two as
I do now then they are Y and Z. Never have any problems then.

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Your problem is due to the way Win9x works. Your only solution is
to move the CD drive to a higher letter. I use Drive Mapper, part
of
PartitionMagic to change the CD references.

"Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote in message
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> 98SE.
> "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:BxqCe.6101$iG6.54@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>
>> "Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:dbda1n$8i6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> > My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached,
>> > at D: and
>> > moving
>> > up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the
>> > reader, and my
>> > portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old
>> > Gateway did
>> > this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my
>> > shortcuts don't
> always
>> > work. TIA.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What operating system? The instructions for a solution are
>> different.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>
>

 

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Thanks for the help.
<no_one@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote:
>
> >My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached, at D: and
moving
> >up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the reader, and my
> >portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old Gateway did
> >this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my shortcuts don't
always
> >work. TIA.
> >
> This is why I have always made my CDROM drives Z. Or if I have two as
> I do now then they are Y and Z. Never have any problems then.
>
> --
> A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
> Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

 

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Changing it to Z: seems to stick and ought to keep me going. Thanks.
"Pen" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Your problem is due to the way Win9x works. Your only solution is
> to move the CD drive to a higher letter. I use Drive Mapper, part
> of
> PartitionMagic to change the CD references.
>
> "Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:dbdrvv$o5g$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> > 98SE.
> > "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
> > news:BxqCe.6101$iG6.54@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> >>
> >> "Mark Dunn" <markrhdunn@nospamatgmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:dbda1n$8i6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> >> > My GX200 insists on putting my card reader, when attached,
> >> > at D: and
> >> > moving
> >> > up the CDROM to E. Can I change the allocation to put the
> >> > reader, and my
> >> > portable HDD, at E, F, etc., keeping the CDROM at D? My old
> >> > Gateway did
> >> > this. As it is, it's a minor niggle but it means my
> >> > shortcuts don't
> > always
> >> > work. TIA.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> What operating system? The instructions for a solution are
> >> different.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>