Switch Drives A & B

Posted: 01-13-2004, 12:39 AM

NSN

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I have a standard floppy and also an LS-120 "Superdisk". On all the
units I have built to date the floppy is seen by the OS (now XP Pro)
as drive A: and the LS-120 as drive B:.

On my latest machine using an ASUS P4C800-E motherboard and a P4 3 Gig
processor the floppy shows up as B: and the LS-120 as A: I have
tried every thing to correct this "problem". Switched drives,
switched cables, changed all preferences in the BIOS to no avail. My
buddy has built the exact same unit and his system is reacting
normally with XP Pro showing the floppy as A: and the LS-120 as B:

Obviously, this is no real problem since I know which drive is which.
It is just one of these little quirks that is presenting a situation
that I would like to correct.

Is there any way from within XP, possibly the Registry, to change
letter designations of floppy drives. As you know, they do not show
up in Disk Management.

Norm

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Andrew E

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RE: Switch Drives A & B

Posted: 01-13-2004, 02:16 AM

You need to open regedit,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,microsoft,windows,curre nt version
open, set-up source path,change the letter.L.click the drive,edit,change.

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Re: Switch Drives A & B

Posted: 01-13-2004, 01:26 PM

Andrew:

Thanks for trying to help. You left out a few steps between MACHINE &
microsoft so I cannot negotiate to the correct area. Could you be a
bit more detailed. THANKS !!

Norm

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:16:05 -0800, "Andrew E" <eckrichco@msn.com>
wrote:

> You need to open regedit,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,microsoft,windows,curre nt version,
> open, set-up source path,change the letter.L.click the drive,edit,change.

Pavel A.

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Re: Switch Drives A & B

Posted: 01-13-2004, 05:20 PM

NSN: do NOT touch the SourcePath variable, it is not relevant!

Go to HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices, look for values named
\DosDevices\A: and \DosDevices\B: Swap them.

Regards
-- PA

"NSN" <nsn@mail.com> wrote in message news:scs7005g4jt8dtflg5uiru0385lq6tm9i6@4ax.com...

>
> Andrew:
>
> Thanks for trying to help. You left out a few steps between MACHINE &
> microsoft so I cannot negotiate to the correct area. Could you be a
> bit more detailed. THANKS !!
>
> Norm
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:16:05 -0800, "Andrew E" <eckrichco@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You need to open regedit,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,microsoft,windows,curre nt version,
> > open, set-up source path,change the letter.L.click the drive,edit,change.
>

NSN

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Re: Switch Drives A & B

Posted: 01-14-2004, 02:00 AM

Pavel:

Fantastic .. I thank you. You did not explain what you mean by swap.
I cannot change the drive letters to any other letter .. they seem
fixed. When you say swap do you mean switching the entire binary code
from one to the other?

I will backup up first, have no fear .

Norm

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:20:43 +0200, "Pavel A." <pavel_a@geeklife.com>
wrote:

>NSN: do NOT touch the SourcePath variable, it is not relevant!
>
>Go to HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices, look for values named
>\DosDevices\A: and \DosDevices\B: Swap them.
>
>Regards
>-- PA
>
>
>"NSN" <nsn@mail.com> wrote in message news:scs7005g4jt8dtflg5uiru0385lq6tm9i6@4ax.com...
>>
>> Andrew:
>>
>> Thanks for trying to help. You left out a few steps between MACHINE &
>> microsoft so I cannot negotiate to the correct area. Could you be a
>> bit more detailed. THANKS !!
>>
>> Norm
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:16:05 -0800, "Andrew E" <eckrichco@msn.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > You need to open regedit,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,microsoft,windows,curre nt version,
>> > open, set-up source path,change the letter.L.click the drive,edit,change.
>>
>

NSN

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Re: Switch Drives A & B

Posted: 01-14-2004, 02:19 AM

Pavel:

I got it !!! Right click, Rename .... worked perfectly. All done.

Again, I thank you.

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:20:43 +0200, "Pavel A." <pavel_a@geeklife.com>
wrote:

>NSN: do NOT touch the SourcePath variable, it is not relevant!
>
>Go to HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices, look for values named
>\DosDevices\A: and \DosDevices\B: Swap them.
>
>Regards
>-- PA
>
>
>"NSN" <nsn@mail.com> wrote in message news:scs7005g4jt8dtflg5uiru0385lq6tm9i6@4ax.com...
>>
>> Andrew:
>>
>> Thanks for trying to help. You left out a few steps between MACHINE &
>> microsoft so I cannot negotiate to the correct area. Could you be a
>> bit more detailed. THANKS !!
>>
>> Norm
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:16:05 -0800, "Andrew E" <eckrichco@msn.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > You need to open regedit,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,microsoft,windows,curre nt version,
>> > open, set-up source path,change the letter.L.click the drive,edit,change.
>>
>

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