Drive Lettering Problem

Message

Dblock86 · #1 Post by **Dblock86** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:48 pm

So I only have one CD-RW/DVD drive on my T61. But for some reason when i click on my computer it displays another device with removable storage. How do I get rid of it? It happens to be taking up the letter (Drive E) that my external hard drive usually takes up... and thats messing with my computer because I have a lot of things dependent on Drive E. What can I do? Thanks in advance!

Dblock86 · #2 Post by **Dblock86** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:49 pm

I forgot to mention that I have Windows XP...didn't know if that would make a difference or not.

#3 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:13 am

On the Desktop, rightclick My Computer, select Manage/Storage/Disk Management
Rightclick on the drive whose Letter you want to change and do it in there.

Dblock86 · #4 Post by **Dblock86** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:55 pm

Right, it doesnt give me that letter option because it is being occupied by a cd drive that does not exist on my t61. And i can't access it under the manage option because its not there. its frustrating...am I missing it...is there a different way to get to it that i'm missing?

#5 Post by **Kyocera** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:04 pm

So it does not show up in disk mgmt with the device not attached? Try attaching your HD and see what shows up. With the HD attached shut off the PC unplug the HD, boot up, if it does not find anything booting back up it might disappear.

Report back, this is an interesting problem.

K0LO · #6 Post by **K0LO** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:56 pm

Dblock86:

If Kyocera's fix doesn't work then you can probably just delete the entry for the drive in HKEY_Local_Machine\System\MountedDevices. Look near the bottom of the list for \DosDevices\X:, where X: is the offending drive letter. Just delete that key and the drive letter should then be available for reassignment by Disk Management.

Dblock86 · #7 Post by **Dblock86** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:40 pm

Sorry everyone it's been a while since I could get to my T61. I was about to follow Kyocera's advice and was in the process of rebooting my computer when I saw something that stood out. As it turns out... I'm just an idiot. I recently installed Power ISO and it was mounting an image to an imaginary hard drive (E:) and made it a CD Drive as well....I don't know...the point is I disabled it and everything's fine!

#8 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:33 pm

I'm just an idiot

Confucius say: knowledge of self is begin of all wisdom

Drive Lettering Problem

Drive Lettering Problem

Fixed it

Who is online