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Windows assigned the wrong drive letters to your drives
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Product Information Drive Operation Troubleshooting Drive Specifications Tips and Techniques Warranty and Support Interfaces Software Release Notes Installation and Configuration Maintenance Discontinued Products your computer, disconnecting and reconnecting the cables on the devices that no longer work. Check data connectors for bent pins Check the data connectors on the drive and controller for bent pins. If you find any bent pins, GENTLY and CAREFULLY straighten them with needle-nosed pliers. Check external SCSI cables You may have dislodged the SCSI cable for one of your SCSI devices when you installed your HP drive. Inspect all SCSI cable connections, disconnecting and reconnecting the cables on the devices that no longer work. Change drive letter assignments If you had assigned a fixed drive letter to your old device(s), Windows may now be assigning that letter to your HP drive, making it unavailable when the fixed letter assignment is attempted. Cancel all fixed drive letter assignments, or manually assign new fixed letters for all devices. Windows assigned the wrong drive letters to your drives Unless you specify otherwise, Windows assigns drive letters based on the hardware features of your computer and its components. This means that, in some cases, installing a new drive shuffles the drive letters not only of your new drive, but of those that were already installed. If you want to assign drive letters to your CD or DVD drives manually, follow the procedure for your version of Windows. Windows 95/98/Me 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the System icon. 3. Click the Device Manager tab. 4. Click the View devices by type radio button. 5. Double-click the CDROM icon. 6. Double-click a CD-ROM drive in the list. 7. Click the Settings tab. 8. Set the Start drive letter and Finish drive letter settings to the desired letter. 9. Click the OK button. 10. Repeat steps 6 through 9 for each remaining drive in the list. 11. Make sure no two drives are assigned to the same letter. Windows NT 1. Log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative Controls (Common), and click Disk Administrator. 3. Click a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM device. 4. Click the Tools menu, then click Assign Drive Letter. 5. Click the Assign Drive Letter radio button. 6. Select the desired drive letter from the pull-down list. 7. Click the OK button. 8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for each remaining drive. 9. Make sure no two drives are assigned to the same letter. Windows 2000 1. Log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 3. Double-click Administrative Tools. 4. Double-click Computer Management. 5. Highlight the Storage icon in the left pane. 6. Double-click the Disk Management icon in the right pane. 7. Right-click the first drive whose drive letter you want to change. 8. Click the Assign New Drive Letter and Path option on the popup menu. 9. Select the desired drive letter from the pull-down list. hp dvd-writer dvd100i Technical Support Solutions Guide 10/25/01 Installation ⇐ ⇒ 85