1st partition drive nameing of multiple hdds

Haven't found anything that says win10 improved the drive/partition
designation. i.e. the alpha/drive number of the 1st partition of the
hdd is sequential to the previous hdd.

e.g. hdd0 has the partition as C:, the 1st partiton on hdd1 is D:
then the hdd2 would have E:.

Just wonder/hope that I can have a C: & D: on hdd0, then E: & F:
on hdd1, etc which would make more sense but m$.....

Since I haven't found any more info, guess the partition nameing
scheme is the same as the DOS days for internal hard drives??

On 11/15/2016 04:12 PM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2016-11-15 15:53, lew wrote:
Haven't found anything that says win10 improved the drive/partition
designation. i.e. the alpha/drive number of the 1st partition of the
hdd is sequential to the previous hdd.

e.g. hdd0 has the partition as C:, the 1st partiton on hdd1 is D:
then the hdd2 would have E:.

Just wonder/hope that I can have a C: & D: on hdd0, then E: & F:
on hdd1, etc which would make more sense but m$.....

Since I haven't found any more info, guess the partition nameing
scheme is the same as the DOS days for internal hard drives??

That scheme doesn't allow for multiple partitions on a single HDD. Which
is why Windows does it the way it does it.

Which is (as you probably know) as follows:
Windows assigns "drive" letters in order of creation. That includes
optical drives, external drives, and USB-flash drives: the first time
Windows detects these, it assigns a drive letter. Problem: thedrive
letter for a flash drive is assigned to the port it's connected to. It
uses "the next available" letter. So if you Delete partition G, the
next partition created will be G.

That's why I name all partitions and flash drives, and ignore drive
letters.

Have a good day,

I assign my flash drives starting down about J:
I need them to be fixed so scripts work. And I move them from socket
to socket and they always stay the same lettering. Even from PC to PC,
at least once you reletter them on that PC. Guess I'm just lucky with
my hardware :-)

On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:53:03 -0000 (UTC), lew
wrote:

Haven't found anything that says win10 improved the drive/partition
designation. i.e. the alpha/drive number of the 1st partition of the
hdd is sequential to the previous hdd.

e.g. hdd0 has the partition as C:, the 1st partiton on hdd1 is D:
then the hdd2 would have E:.

Just wonder/hope that I can have a C: & D: on hdd0, then E: & F:
on hdd1, etc which would make more sense but m$.....

Since I haven't found any more info, guess the partition nameing
scheme is the same as the DOS days for internal hard drives??

You can go to Disk Management and change the drive letters to whatever
you like, except that the drive that you're booted from must stay as it
is.

So if drive 0 has C and E, while drive 1 has D and F, you can
temporarily change D to a higher letter so that D is available to be
assigned, then assign D where E is. Finish up by assigning E, which is
now available, to the first volume on drive 1.

It's really simple once you look around in Disk Management, but holler
if you have any questions. If D-E-F are simple data drives, the letter
changes should be completely harmless. Famous last words, though, so if
you're worried, make a bootable backup first.

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lew wrote:

Since I haven't found any more info, guess the partition nameing
scheme is the same as the DOS days for internal hard drives??


And your point is what, Einstein?

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:12:10 -0500, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2016-11-15 15:53, lew wrote:
Haven't found anything that says win10 improved the drive/partition
designation. i.e. the alpha/drive number of the 1st partition of the
hdd is sequential to the previous hdd.

e.g. hdd0 has the partition as C:, the 1st partiton on hdd1 is D:
then the hdd2 would have E:.

Just wonder/hope that I can have a C: & D: on hdd0, then E: & F:
on hdd1, etc which would make more sense but m$.....

Since I haven't found any more info, guess the partition nameing
scheme is the same as the DOS days for internal hard drives??

That scheme doesn't allow for multiple partitions on a single HDD.

Why is that?

Which is why Windows does it the way it does it.

Which is (as you probably know) as follows:
Windows assigns "drive" letters in order of creation. That includes
optical drives, external drives, and USB-flash drives: the first time
Windows detects these, it assigns a drive letter. Problem: thedrive
letter for a flash drive is assigned to the port it's connected to. It
uses "the next available" letter. So if you Delete partition G, the
next partition created will be G.

But since XP, I think it was, you can assign just about any letter you
want. (Probably not Greek letters.)

Even before then there was a program LetterAssign, or LetAssign or
something that let you assign whatever you wanted. It went in
autoexec.bat.

That's why I name all partitions and flash drives,

That's a good idea.

and ignore drive letters.
Have a good day,