Thread: What happens if you exceed drive letters (A thru Z)
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Old December 20th 17, 11:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Peter Jason
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Default What happens if you exceed drive letters (A thru Z)
On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:40:16 -0600, wrote:

I've never done it, and probably never will. But what happens if a
person exceeds the drive letters A thru Z?

For example, I have 7 hard drive partitions. Plus CD drive. Plus A + B
(for floppies). Thats 10 letters in use.

But some people have 2 CD drives (or DVD).

I know a network can add numerous drive letters from another computer.

So, if I added a network which also has 7 drive letters, and have two
CD/DVD drives, that could mean 18 letters are used up. (out of 26
total).

I know other devices can use drive letters too.

So, what happens if I had 8 drive letters left to use, and plugged in
two exterenal HDDs with 4 partitions on each. Then plugfged in a Flash
Drive. I have now exceeded the 26 letters. Whgat happens to the last
thing plugged in (in this case, it would be the flash drive)?

Just curious..... (I dont see this happening to me).

I read somewhere that in this case you start to double up. eg Aa AB
AC etc
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