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ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?



 
 
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  #16  
Old January 27th 14, 10:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Gene E. Bloch[_5_]
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On 1/27/2014, Rodney Pont posted:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:15:36 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:


I'm guessing it's one of those un-lettered partitions as shown in
this screen snap of DiscManager: http://tinyurl.com/mv4gofs and
Windows 8, for some reason, isn't showing letters.


Anybody have an idea of how to get to the bottom of this?
It's right there in the screen cap that you posted. Your DVD drive
is currently using "D:".


Right click on the DVD drive and change its drive letter to
something else, then you'll be able to right click on your data
partition and change its letter to D:.


This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD
drive in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with
partitions C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive 1
of 22.36GB.

My prior reply to you is based on the above experience.

Strange, I say :-)


It's the drive below Drive 1, do you need to scroll the picture down?


Right, I have a 360x270 screen :-)

Read Ed Propes's post & my embarrassed replies.

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Old January 27th 14, 11:06 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Gene E. Bloch[_5_]
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On 1/27/2014, Rodney Pont posted:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:57:20 +0000 (GMT), Rodney Pont wrote:


I'm guessing it's one of those un-lettered partitions as shown in
this screen snap of DiscManager: http://tinyurl.com/mv4gofs and
Windows 8, for some reason, isn't showing letters.


Anybody have an idea of how to get to the bottom of this?
It's right there in the screen cap that you posted. Your DVD drive
is currently using "D:".

Right click on the DVD drive and change its drive letter to
something else, then you'll be able to right click on your data
partition and change its letter to D:.

This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD
drive in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with
partitions C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive
1 of 22.36GB.

My prior reply to you is based on the above experience.

Strange, I say :-)


It's the drive below Drive 1, do you need to scroll the picture
down?


I see you have found it now :-)


With help...

Thanks for helping - I actually *do* appreciate it.

I wish I had a valid excuse for missing it in the first place :-)

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Old January 28th 14, 01:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Char Jackson
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:06:10 -0800, Gene E. Bloch
wrote:

On 1/27/2014, Rodney Pont posted:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:57:20 +0000 (GMT), Rodney Pont wrote:


I'm guessing it's one of those un-lettered partitions as shown in
this screen snap of DiscManager: http://tinyurl.com/mv4gofs and
Windows 8, for some reason, isn't showing letters.


Anybody have an idea of how to get to the bottom of this?
It's right there in the screen cap that you posted. Your DVD drive
is currently using "D:".

Right click on the DVD drive and change its drive letter to
something else, then you'll be able to right click on your data
partition and change its letter to D:.

This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD
drive in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with
partitions C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive
1 of 22.36GB.

My prior reply to you is based on the above experience.

Strange, I say :-)

It's the drive below Drive 1, do you need to scroll the picture
down?


I see you have found it now :-)


With help...

Thanks for helping - I actually *do* appreciate it.

I wish I had a valid excuse for missing it in the first place :-)


Thanks for not making me draw a red circle around it. ;-)

It's easy to miss, though. No worries.

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Old January 28th 14, 01:06 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:05:52 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Per Char Jackson:
It's right there in the screen cap that you posted. Your DVD drive is
currently using "D:".


ARRRRRRRGH!!!!!! RCI strikes again.

Thanks!... And my apologies for the inane post.


If you ask me, it was a great question. Look at the posts it generated. :-)

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Old January 28th 14, 02:56 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

Per Char Jackson:
If you ask me, it was a great question. Look at the posts it generated. :-)


Thank you for that face-saving nicety..... -)
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Old January 28th 14, 02:57 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

Per Gene E. Bloch:
This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD drive
in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with partitions
C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive 1 of 22.36GB.


See!!!! I am not alone !....... -)
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Old January 28th 14, 03:28 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On 28/01/2014 01:57, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Gene E. Bloch:
This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD drive
in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with partitions
C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive 1 of 22.36GB.

See!!!! I am not alone !....... -)



In my case I didn't click on the link when I first replied because I
thought it was a spam link. I have clicked on it and I can see D drive
on it now I decided to click on it nevertheless.


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Old January 28th 14, 05:42 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

Gene E. Bloch brought next idea :
On 1/27/2014, Ed Propes posted:
Gene E. Bloch brought next idea :
On 1/26/2014, Char Jackson posted:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 20:58:04 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Finally bit the bullet and bought a ZenBook.

Windows 8 isn't quite as traumatic as I was expecting -
especially with the addition of Start8.

I re-partitioned the 500-gig drive into C: System and Z: Data,
splitting the space about fifty-fifty.

What I want, though, is to have that Data partition have the
drive
letter D:, but somebody's using the designation "D:" for one of
the
drives and I can't figure out how to free it up.

I'm guessing it's one of those un-lettered partitions as shown
in this screen snap of DiscManager: http://tinyurl.com/mv4gofs
and Windows 8, for some reason, isn't showing letters.


Anybody have an idea of how to get to the bottom of this?

It's right there in the screen cap that you posted. Your DVD
drive is
currently using "D:".

Right click on the DVD drive and change its drive letter to
something else, then you'll be able to right click on your data
partition and change its letter to D:.

This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD
drive in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with
partitions C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive
1 of 22.36GB.

My prior reply to you is based on the above experience.

Strange, I say :-)


Look towards the bottom of the pic. I missed it several times
before I finally saw it and slapped my forward screaming "DOH!"


DOH!

Ed in E Texas


Thanks, Ed.

This happens to be a day when I badly needed a laugh...so /double/
thanks.


Most welcome, glad I served some purpose today!

Ed in E Texas


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Old January 28th 14, 02:31 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
David Rance[_2_]
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 (PeteCresswell) wrote:

Finally bit the bullet and bought a ZenBook.

Windows 8 isn't quite as traumatic as I was expecting - especially with
the addition of Start8.

I re-partitioned the 500-gig drive into C: System and Z: Data, splitting
the space about fifty-fifty.

What I want, though, is to have that Data partition have the drive
letter D:, but somebody's using the designation "D:" for one of the
drives and I can't figure out how to free it up.

I'm guessing it's one of those un-lettered partitions as shown in this
screen snap of DiscManager: http://tinyurl.com/mv4gofs and Windows 8,
for some reason, isn't showing letters.


Anybody have an idea of how to get to the bottom of this?


Look at the bottom of your screen snap. The last entry is CD-ROM 0.
Underneath that it says DVD (D Conceivably you could re-assign the DVD
drive if you really want to.

David

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Old January 28th 14, 02:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
David Rance[_2_]
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 David Rance wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 (PeteCresswell) wrote:

Finally bit the bullet and bought a ZenBook.

Windows 8 isn't quite as traumatic as I was expecting - especially with
the addition of Start8.

I re-partitioned the 500-gig drive into C: System and Z: Data, splitting
the space about fifty-fifty.

What I want, though, is to have that Data partition have the drive
letter D:, but somebody's using the designation "D:" for one of the
drives and I can't figure out how to free it up.

I'm guessing it's one of those un-lettered partitions as shown in this
screen snap of DiscManager: http://tinyurl.com/mv4gofs and Windows 8,
for some reason, isn't showing letters.


Anybody have an idea of how to get to the bottom of this?


Look at the bottom of your screen snap. The last entry is CD-ROM 0.
Underneath that it says DVD (D Conceivably you could re-assign the
DVD drive if you really want to.

David


Oops! Just seen all the other answers. Ignore mine!

David

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Old January 28th 14, 08:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Gene E. Bloch[_5_]
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Default ZenBook: Who Is Sitting On "D:" ?

On 1/27/2014, (PeteCresswell) posted:
Per Gene E. Bloch:
This is rather strange. Everyone but me seems to be seeing a DVD
drive in that screenshot. I see no such thing, only a Drive 0 with
partitions C: and Z: and three unnamed ones, and an unnamed Drive 1
of 22.36GB.


See!!!! I am not alone !....... -)


OTOH, you must be pretty desperate if you need *me* for moral support!

Note: This is a joke. It is *only* a joke...

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