Assigning a Drive Letter to a CD-ROM Drive (100008)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
This article was previously published under Q100008 SUMMARY
When a CD-ROM drive is initialized under Windows NT, it uses the first
available drive letter. There is no straightforward method of choosing
a drive letter. However, you can set up your other drives and
partitions in Disk Administrator such that the drive letter you want
to use for your CD-ROM is unused. For example, if you have two
partitions and you want your CD-ROM to be drive D, use Disk
Administrator to set the partition drive letters to C and E. When the
CD-ROM initializes, it will use D because it is the first available
drive letter.
NOTE: This workaround does not let you choose a drive letter that is
used for a network drive. The next available drive letter used by a
local physical drive will be used by the CD-ROM. There is no
workaround.
NOTE: You can also use the SUBST command to assign a different drive
letter to the CD-ROM drive.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version
3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/29/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbHardware KB100008 |
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