A+ Certification - Wrong Drive Letter Assigned

08-04-2006, 03:22 AM

Today I was doing a routine installation of Windows XP Professional, and
only after I had created a primary partition and was formatting it did I
notice that it had been assigned the drive letter E instead of C.
Evidently, Setup thought it saw another storage device, but I don't know
what it could have been. Anyway, I let it finish formatting, but when it
started to copy files, I physically rebooted the computer. I then went into
the CMOS settings and prioritized the CD-ROM so it wouldn't try to boot from
the HDD. This time, it recognized C as a formatted partition, and I
completed the installation without a problem. Trouble is, I have no idea
what happened here. Anybody ever experience this?
Bob

Bob Rawlins
A+, Network+

R RAWLINS

08-04-2006, 03:08 PM

Okay, that seems to explain it. The printer was plugged in via the USB
cable. Thanks.
RR

"Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> As you said it saw something else. A NON-MICROSOFT bootable CD-ROM
> (media) booted in a drive can (depending on how it was made, e.g. the
> contents of it's "boot image") become two drives ... the "boot image"
> (which usually becomse a phantom A

and the "rest" of the CD (which
> normally gets the next available drive letter). Also, a USB device can be
> seen as a disk drive and allocated "the next available letter".
>
>
> R RAWLINS wrote:
>
>> Today I was doing a routine installation of Windows XP Professional, and
>> only after I had created a primary partition and was formatting it did I
>> notice that it had been assigned the drive letter E instead of C.
>> Evidently, Setup thought it saw another storage device, but I don't know
>> what it could have been. Anyway, I let it finish formatting, but when it
>> started to copy files, I physically rebooted the computer. I then went
>> into the CMOS settings and prioritized the CD-ROM so it wouldn't try to
>> boot from the HDD. This time, it recognized C as a formatted partition,
>> and I completed the installation without a problem. Trouble is, I have
>> no idea what happened here. Anybody ever experience this?
>> Bob
>>
>> Bob Rawlins
>> A+, Network+

R RAWLINS

08-04-2006, 03:08 PM	#2
R RAWLINS Posts: n/a	Re: Wrong Drive Letter Assigned Okay, that seems to explain it. The printer was plugged in via the USB cable. Thanks. RR "Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message news:... > As you said it saw something else. A NON-MICROSOFT bootable CD-ROM > (media) booted in a drive can (depending on how it was made, e.g. the > contents of it's "boot image") become two drives ... the "boot image" > (which usually becomse a phantom A and the "rest" of the CD (which > normally gets the next available drive letter). Also, a USB device can be > seen as a disk drive and allocated "the next available letter". > > > R RAWLINS wrote: > >> Today I was doing a routine installation of Windows XP Professional, and >> only after I had created a primary partition and was formatting it did I >> notice that it had been assigned the drive letter E instead of C. >> Evidently, Setup thought it saw another storage device, but I don't know >> what it could have been. Anyway, I let it finish formatting, but when it >> started to copy files, I physically rebooted the computer. I then went >> into the CMOS settings and prioritized the CD-ROM so it wouldn't try to >> boot from the HDD. This time, it recognized C as a formatted partition, >> and I completed the installation without a problem. Trouble is, I have >> no idea what happened here. Anybody ever experience this? >> Bob >> >> Bob Rawlins >> A+, Network+ R RAWLINS

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08-04-2006, 03:22 AM	#1
	Wrong Drive Letter Assigned Today I was doing a routine installation of Windows XP Professional, and only after I had created a primary partition and was formatting it did I notice that it had been assigned the drive letter E instead of C. Evidently, Setup thought it saw another storage device, but I don't know what it could have been. Anyway, I let it finish formatting, but when it started to copy files, I physically rebooted the computer. I then went into the CMOS settings and prioritized the CD-ROM so it wouldn't try to boot from the HDD. This time, it recognized C as a formatted partition, and I completed the installation without a problem. Trouble is, I have no idea what happened here. Anybody ever experience this? Bob Bob Rawlins A+, Network+ R RAWLINS