Changing Drive Letters

Changing Drive Letters.  Try setting the CD drive letter to the first letter after the last hard drive.  To do this follow the steps appropriate for your operating system:

Windows 95/98/ME

 - Right click on the 'My Computer' icon and select 'Properties'

 - Click on the 'Device Manager' tab.

 - Click the plus sign next to CD-ROM then double-click on the CD-ROM drive name.

 - Click the 'Settings' tab.

 - At the bottom set the 'Start Drive Letter' and 'End Drive Letter' to the first letter that is available.

 - If another device (such as a Zip drive) is already set to this letter you will need to follow the same steps to set it to a higher letter.

 - Click 'Ok' and 'Close' then restart the computer.

Windows 2000/XP

 - Right click on the 'My Computer' icon and select 'Manage'

 - Click 'Disk Management' in the left pane

 - Right click on the CD-ROM and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths..."

 - Highlight the drive letter in the list and click 'Remove' then click 'Yes' to confirm

 - Next, right click on the CD-ROM and again select "Change Drive Letter and Paths..."

 - Click 'Add' and select the lowest possible letter then click 'Ok'