Change Drive Letter - NEC Express5800/R320g-M4 Maintenance Manual

Chapter 2 Configuring and Upgrading the System
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Change Drive Letter

To add, change or delete drive letters, follow the steps below. Before making any changes, thoroughly read the
Express5800/ft series-specific precautions and general precautions for Windows.
Express5800/ft series-specific precautions
When connecting an optional Flash FDD, drive letters may change from A to B or from B to A by switching
CPU/IO modules. This does not affect the operation of the server. Access the Flash FDD with the changed drive
letter.
General precautions for Windows
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Drive letter of system volume or boot volume cannot be changed.
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Up to 26 drive letters can be used on a computer. "A" and "B" are drive letters for Flash FDD. Generally,
hard disk drives are assigned "C" to "Z", but for network drives, drive letters are assigned in a reverse order
("Z" to "C").
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Because many of Windows programs refer to specific drive letters, cautions are required for assigning drive
letters. For example, the Path environment variable specifies a program name and a specific drive letter.
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For performing the procedure above, you need to be a member of Backup Operators group or
Administrators group, or you need to have appropriate authorization.
1. Select Start – Windows Administrative Tools and open Computer Management.
2. In the console tree of Computer Management, click Disk Management.
3. Right-click a target partition, logical drive or volume and click Change Drive Letter and Paths....
4. Perform one of the following:
– To assign a drive letter, click Add..., a drive letter to use, and then OK.
– To change a drive letter, click the drive letter to change, Change..., a drive letter to use, then OK.
– To delete a drive letter, click the drive letter to delete then Remove.
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2. Change Drive Letter