How do I change the drive letter assignment in Windows 2000/XP?
Ans: Windows XP and 2000 use MountMgr to manage drive letters. The weird thing about 2K/XP is that, unlike Windows 98 or ME where hard drives are assigned letters first, Windows XP and 2000 assign the next available drive letter to each device added, regardless of type. For instance, when I two CD-ROMs added before newest Hard Drive , the CD-ROMs had letters D: and E: while the new drive letters started at F:. The good news is that drive letters can be manually changed using Disk Management under the Administrative Tools, with some exceptions.
