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Re-name internal floppy drives.
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Hello again,
And thanks for your help!!!
As previously mentioned, all I would like to do is change the title of:
My Book (D:),
Hello Osprey4
As per my previous post, I'm trying to change only the name of My book (D:) to DVD-RAM (D:).
My Book (D:) currently opens up the floppy drive in location 1.
All we need to change is the name, not the drive path.
All of the paths and drive record/play fine,
and are accessed from the desktop shortcuts, or My Computer without any issues.
Here is what I have done so far:
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As you can see, there is no re-name option,
and clicking on the name opens up the location.
^ So I went to disk management, and the two floppy drives are not show.
Is this the location where I can change the name only (not the drive path)?
milroy
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January 18th, 2013 11:00
osprey4
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January 19th, 2013 04:00
Those are the power connectors, so that wouldn't be the cause of the problem.
Checking the system setup instructions, it seems your SATA ports are auto-configured. But I would still boot to the BIOS after unplugging the drive to verify this.
milroy
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January 19th, 2013 10:00
I disconnected the D: drive cables, went into BIOS, deleted the drive, re-booted the computer, and the drive did not show up in My Computer.
Re-connected the drive, went back into BIOS, undeleted the drive, re-booted the computer, and the drive is back on MY
Computer as My Book. No change.
Thanks,
Gerry
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January 19th, 2013 12:00
Gerry,
I'm thinking let's try to get things back to where they were originally, which was:
DVD, H:
DVD, I:
My Book, D:
My Book, E:
So here's what I would do:
1. Shut down and unplug both DVD drives. Either the data cable or the power cable will disable them, so your choice.
2. Boot to the BIOS and verify both of these SATA ports as off.
3. Boot to Windows and plug your external drives in. Go to disk management and change their drive letters to D: and E: (both letters should be available).
4. Reboot back into Windows to verify the drive letters for your external drives have not changed.
5. Shut down and plug your DVD drives back in. Verify both are present in the BIOS.
6. Boot to Windows and see what happens to the DVD drive letters.
Or as Samuel Jackson said in Jurassic Park...
milroy
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January 19th, 2013 14:00
^
^All went well up to and including step #5.
^ Then, when I re-booted after turning the DVD drives back on in the BIOS, here are the results.
It would appear that the BIOS want to retain the My Book (D:).
Your step 1. Should I disconnect the external drives as well?