[dba-Tech] Windows confuses two drive names

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Sun Jan 24 03:31:36 CST 2010


Don't forget the good 'ole DOS SUBST command is useful too.

Max


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: 23 January 2010 22:58
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows confuses two drive names

Where are you doing this rename?  Control Panel/Administrative
tools/System Management/ Drive Management or something like that? And
what are you trying to rename it to?  A different letter alltogether
like J?

GK

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On an XP Pro SP2 box, a: is a floppy, c: is sysdrive, d: and e: are
> CD/DVD drives, f: and higher are network drives. Renaming e: sets the
> name of f: to the name of e:, and vice-versa. Does anyone know a fix for
> this particular Gates bug?
>
> PB
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