2nd CDROM lost drive assignment

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teranett - 06 Aug 2003 22:20 GMT

Installed a new Hard drive w/ATA controller. After
install, the new drive assumed the D: assignment (there is
also a primary boot disk C:) my CDROM was assigned E: and
the CD/RW (which was E:) now has no drive assignment. If I
go into device manager, it recognizes the drive and the
driver is loaded, but it will not allow me to assign
anything (in the drop-down) else other than E: which is
already assigned. I've tried all jumper settings and even
migrated all devices to the ATA IDE, but each time the
CD/RW never gets a drive assignment! Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

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Ron Badour - 11 Aug 2003 03:07 GMT

1. Do you have Tweak UI installed? If so, go to My Computer tab and
put marks in all drives.

2. Check for a lastdrive statement in the config.sys file and if it
exists, make sure it reads: lastdrive=z

3. Run regedit.exe and open it to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

In the right pane, look for a last drive statement and make sure it
reads "Z"

4. Control panel, system, performance tab: is there any comment about
MSDos compatibility mode?

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> Installed a new Hard drive w/ATA controller. After
> install, the new drive assumed the D: assignment (there is
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> CD/RW never gets a drive assignment! Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.

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