How do I change the drive letter of a CD-ROM Drive?

Question

I've partitioned my hard drive and the letters F and G have been assigned by default as D and E are used for my DVD/RW and CD-ROM respectively.
I'd prefer to have D and E for my new partitions, how do I change the letters assigned to the optical drives so that they become available to assign to the partitions?

Answer 1

1. Click the start button

2. Go into Administrative tools (either in the start button or in "All Programs"

3. From Administrative Tools, go into "Computer Management"

4. In "Computer Management", click on "Disk Management" under "Storage" from the left menu

5. You should see a window from the lower right hand corner open (it shows all the hard disk drives and cd-rom drives)

6. To change...

...hard drive, click on the hard disk with a blue horizonal bar, the box should be shaded; next right click that box that you desire to change the letter then click on "Change Letter Drive and Path"

...cd-rom drive, click on the box that you desire the drive letter; next right click that box that you desire to change the letter then click on "Change Letter Drive and Path"

7. click the "change..." button

8. from the "assign the following drive letter", select the letter you want to assign to the hard drive or the cd-rom drive

9. click ok

10. click ok

Answer 2

I am not sure, as I've not built a computer from scratch. I would think that if you unplug the optical drives (unless you need them in order to partition your hard drive), then re-partition.

As I said, I'm not sure, but this seems like it makes sense. I'd at least give it a try and see what happens.

Good luck. Hopefully someone else will be able to help you better.

EDIT:
Seems like both the other answers (as of 5:20 PM) have similar answers, which works.

Answer 3

Goto start up -----> Run type compmgmt.msc click enter click Disk administration top-click the device you opt to alter click substitute rigidity Letter Now on the backside pane is the place you opt to setup your rigidity letters. you will ought to alter a rigidity or 2 to a momentary letter. so which you would be able to liberate the rigidity letter you will be able to choose. working example in case you like the CD Rom rigidity to apply D:, and it is getting used. purely substitute this rigidity to X:. Then assign the CD-Rom rigidity with D:. Swtich the device usign X: to the subsequent obtainable rigidity letter.

Answer 4

If you're using XP, go to
Control Panel>Admin Tools>Computer management

then click the disk management link on the explorer type menu. Now you should be able to see all your drives. Right click on the one you want to change the drive letter of and select this option

Answer 5

Right tic on my computer and select manage>disk management, then right tic on the drive that you wish to change the drive letter on and select>change drive letter and paths.