Change Drive Letter - NEC N8800-096F User Manual

3-24 Windows Setup and Operation

CHANGE DRIVE LETTER

To add, change or delete drive letters, follow the steps below. Before making any changes,
thoroughly read the NEC Express5800/ft series-specific precautions and general precautions for
Windows.
1.
Select [Start] - [Control Panel] - [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, 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].
IMPORTANT:
<NEC Express5800/ft series-specific precautions>
When connecting a CD-ROM drive or an optional floppy disk drive, drive letters may change
from A to B by switching CPU/IO modules.
When switching CPU/IO modules, an unallocated drive letter is automatically reallocated to
the CD-ROM drive in the order from D to Z. If you want to fix the drive letter of CD-ROM,
specify the unallocated drive letter in the order from D to Z after setting the driver letter of
hard disk.
<General precautions for Windows>
Drive letter of system volume or boot volume cannot be changed.
Up to 26 drive letters can be used on a computer. "A" and "B" are drive letters for floppy
disk drives. Generally, hard disk drives are assigned "C" to "Z", but for network drives, drive
letters are assigned in a reverse order ("Z" to "C").
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.
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.