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Article #303Renaming drive letter of secondary drive?
From: James Chow
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00
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I recently installed a secondary drive to my computer.
Now, Windows 95 automatically, renames my secondary
drive as D:, and moves my CD-ROM to E:.
I am just wondering if it is possible to rename the
second drive from D: to some other letter, since I want
to keep using D: for my CD-ROM.
Another problem.
When I boot up, the BIOS screen shows something along
the lines:
Hard Disk 0 Installed WDC [serial number]
Hard Disk 1 Installed WDC [serial number]
CD-ROM Drive Installed XF [some number]
Floppy A: Installed
Now, before I installed my second drive, the time between
CD-ROM Drive Installed showing, and Floppy A: Installed was
10 seconds. After I had installed it, the time has shot up
to 43 seconds!
Can anyone explain why?
I don't know, but my suspicion lies with the fact that
CD-ROM has been set from Slave to Master.
Setup Information follows:
OS- Windows 95
I have two IDE interfaces on the M/B.
Main hard disk: Western Digital 2.1 Gig
Secondary hard disk: Western Digital 540Mb
CD-ROM drive: Mitsumi Quad speed
Before: Primary Master- Main Hard Disk
Primary Slave- CD-ROM
Secondary- None
After: Primary Master- Main Hard Disk
Primary Slave- Secondary Hard Disk
Secondary Master- CD-ROM
Secondary Slave- None
In all cases the jumps have been set correctly
to Master or Slave.
I have tried several different ways of setting
up the primary/secondary master/slave combinations
for the 2 hard disks and CD-ROM drives, but only
this combination seemed to be detected by BIOS,
although Windows is able to detect them.
All replies to be sent by email please.
(My ISP seems to enjoy withholding news.)
--
James Chow
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