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cd drive letter has changed!
I've recently installed a second hard drive onto my system & as a
result the cd drive has changed it's letter from E: to F:! When I tried to launch an application that I have installed on my main hard drive partition (C that requires a CD to read it's data from, it refuses to launch saying that it cannot find a CD in drive E:, which it obvioulsy can't as E: is no longer the CD drive! Now I know that I could use the disk maagement console snap in to change the drive letters back again, but I don't really want to do that so I was wondering whether there's an easy way to solve this problem by getting the app to look at the correct letter for the drive (ie) to get it to look at the F: drive when I run the program from it's exe on the C: drive, or do I have to re-install it to get it to look at the proper drive? I'd really rather not have to swap the drive letters about unless I really have to so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! |
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cd drive letter has changed!
"Tim Lister" wrote:
I've recently installed a second hard drive onto my system & as a result the cd drive has changed it's letter from E: to F:! When I tried to launch an application that I have installed on my main hard drive partition (C that requires a CD to read it's data from, it refuses to launch saying that it cannot find a CD in drive E:, which it obvioulsy can't as E: is no longer the CD drive! Now I know that I could use the disk maagement console snap in to change the drive letters back again, but I don't really want to do that so I was wondering whether there's an easy way to solve this problem by getting the app to look at the correct letter for the drive (ie) to get it to look at the F: drive when I run the program from it's exe on the C: drive, or do I have to re-install it to get it to look at the proper drive? I'd really rather not have to swap the drive letters about unless I really have to so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! You know the easy way... You just have to do it. Swapping the drive letters won't hurt anything, reinstalling the application (depending on what it is) should fix it.. -- - Shenan - -- The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research for yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you are getting into before you jump in with both feet. |
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cd drive letter has changed!
And that is the reason I immediately change the CD drive letter/s on any new
computer I get or build for others before installing any software. That way if I install a HD later, I don't have to worry about this problem. "Tim Lister" ayaboutspam?.com wrote in message news I've recently installed a second hard drive onto my system & as a result the cd drive has changed it's letter from E: to F:! When I tried to launch an application that I have installed on my main hard drive partition (C that requires a CD to read it's data from, it refuses to launch saying that it cannot find a CD in drive E:, which it obvioulsy can't as E: is no longer the CD drive! Now I know that I could use the disk maagement console snap in to change the drive letters back again, but I don't really want to do that so I was wondering whether there's an easy way to solve this problem by getting the app to look at the correct letter for the drive (ie) to get it to look at the F: drive when I run the program from it's exe on the C: drive, or do I have to re-install it to get it to look at the proper drive? I'd really rather not have to swap the drive letters about unless I really have to so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! |
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cd drive letter has changed!
LVTravel wrote:
And that is the reason I immediately change the CD drive letter/s on any new computer I get or build for others before installing any software. That way if I install a HD later, I don't have to worry about this problem. "Tim Lister" ayaboutspam?.com wrote in message news I've recently installed a second hard drive onto my system & as a result the cd drive has changed it's letter from E: to F:! When I tried to launch an application that I have installed on my main hard drive partition (C that requires a CD to read it's data from, it refuses to launch saying that it cannot find a CD in drive E:, which it obvioulsy can't as E: is no longer the CD drive! Now I know that I could use the disk maagement console snap in to change the drive letters back again, but I don't really want to do that so I was wondering whether there's an easy way to solve this problem by getting the app to look at the correct letter for the drive (ie) to get it to look at the F: drive when I run the program from it's exe on the C: drive, or do I have to re-install it to get it to look at the proper drive? I'd really rather not have to swap the drive letters about unless I really have to so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! I actually managed to solve this problem by finding the .ini file for the application in its main directory & editing the relevent lines within it to ensure that the application "knew" that the CD drive was in fact the F: drive! Thanks for the advice though, as it's good to know what you can & can't go about doing in Windows! |
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cd drive letter has changed!
Boy, you sure were fortunate in being able to change the drive letter in the
ini file. Most programs would not accept the change. I have a few games that refuse to run if they are not physically in the drive that they were installed from. I have even tried to use programs such as virtual CD and they also fail to run. I have even use hack programs on the cds and they still won't run if the CD isn't in the drive and backups won't work either. (Better not lose those CDs huh!) On my previous post, I stated that I change the drive letter but I didn't state what I change them to. Well, I use drive R for any drive that is read only and W for any drive that will Write. Simple huh. Saves a lot of time when I have to figure out which drive is showing in Explorer or other programs. "Tim Lister" ayaboutspam?.com wrote in message ... LVTravel wrote: And that is the reason I immediately change the CD drive letter/s on any new computer I get or build for others before installing any software. That way if I install a HD later, I don't have to worry about this problem. "Tim Lister" ayaboutspam?.com wrote in message news I've recently installed a second hard drive onto my system & as a result the cd drive has changed it's letter from E: to F:! When I tried to launch an application that I have installed on my main hard drive partition (C that requires a CD to read it's data from, it refuses to launch saying that it cannot find a CD in drive E:, which it obvioulsy can't as E: is no longer the CD drive! Now I know that I could use the disk maagement console snap in to change the drive letters back again, but I don't really want to do that so I was wondering whether there's an easy way to solve this problem by getting the app to look at the correct letter for the drive (ie) to get it to look at the F: drive when I run the program from it's exe on the C: drive, or do I have to re-install it to get it to look at the proper drive? I'd really rather not have to swap the drive letters about unless I really have to so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! I actually managed to solve this problem by finding the .ini file for the application in its main directory & editing the relevent lines within it to ensure that the application "knew" that the CD drive was in fact the F: drive! Thanks for the advice though, as it's good to know what you can & can't go about doing in Windows! |
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