Re: 770 2nd HDD adapter drive letter assignment

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From: Deanna Berman (dberman_at_dimensional.com)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 20:57:04 EST

Maybe this item from the IBM site might help:

TP General - Drive letter assignment order changes when adding a
second hard drive

http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/LWIK-424JNB.html

Deanna Berman
dberman_at_dimensional.com

> > Greetings list,
> >
> > When I boot up with my 2nd HDD adapter, the driver letter
assignment
> of
> > my system goes arye, is there a bios setting I can make to
eliminate
> > this? In other words, force my regular assignments, here is my
> > configuration:
> >
> > One Primary HDD, partitioned in two (C: and D:) which I wish to
> > maintain.
> >
> > When I boot with my 2nd harddrive in the ultrabay, my "D:"
partition
> > get's shoved to drive letter "E:" and the 2nd HDD takes over the
> "D:"
> > assignment. I want the 2nd hard drive in the adapter to take the
> "E:"
> > assignment leaving C & D alone.
> >
> > I have in Device manager, my CDROM assignment options as E: and
E:,
> > could this be the culprit (noting that with the 2nd hard drive in,
> there
> > is no CDROM).
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dave
>

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