Windows 95 Drive Letters May Not Migrate to Windows 2000 (227605)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q227605

SYMPTOMS

When you upgrade your computer from Windows 95 to Windows 2000, drive letter assignments for unformatted partitions may not be migrated.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, it is recommended that you format all drives prior to installing Windows 2000 if you want to preserve your current drive letter configuration.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, see the following article or articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

234048 How Windows 2000 Assigns, Reserves and Stores Drive Letters

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/6/2003
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