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Removable Disk D, E, F, G, DVD Drive (H)and DVD-RW Drive (I)
I just bought a Dell Dim E510 with 16X DVD-ROM and 16X DVD+/-RW. I also wanted the 13 in 1 media card reader and the Floppy disk drive. I was disappointed that the Floppy was an external unit because I thought it was going to be built in, however they built in the media card reader.
My question here is and I hope it's not a really stupid one, when I open "My Computer", it lists Local disk (C); but then it lists under Devices with Removable Storage: 3 1/2 Floppy (A); then Removable Disk (D), (E), (F), and (G), DVD Drive (H)and DVD-RW Drive (I) . This is my first experience with Windows XP so I'm not at all sure what I'm looking at. I actually have an external drive that I would like to install but I don't know what will happen with all those Drive letters.
My old computer had Win 98 and when I added a second hard drive with partitions and a CD Burner, I had several Drives listed but I knew that each letter either represented a hard drive or a partition. With this new computer, I'm not sure what Drives D, E, F and G are referring to. I'm assuming C isn't partitioned into smaller drives because the D - G are listed under Devices with Removable Storage. It just seems very confusing.
Again, I'm hoping this isn't a really stupid question.
The other problem I have is I'm not at all sure what I can do with the 16X DVD-ROM and 16X DVD+/-RW drives. Are there any instructions or articles around that could help me learn about them?
Thanks in advance for your help.
osprey4
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January 29th, 2006 20:00
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January 29th, 2006 22:00
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January 29th, 2006 23:00
If you add a removable hard drive it will likely be J.
My system has the card reader also and matches you letters, except, my
hard drive has three partitions, C, J, and K.
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February 5th, 2006 12:00
osprey4
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February 8th, 2006 12:00
Mike:
Sorry, you've completely stumped me. What is your question?
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April 9th, 2016 09:00
jgr789 wrote the following post at 29 Jan 2006 9:18 PM:
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April 9th, 2016 13:00
Can someone lock this thread, its older then dirt...
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April 9th, 2016 14:00
This thread has been locked due to it's age, if you have a similar issue, please use the 'New Post' feature at the top of this page and start a new thread.
Bev.