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How do I change the drive letter of my DVD drive/writer from H: back to D: using Windows XP and Windows Vista and Windows 7?

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CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive/writer problem: How to change the drive letter of a DVD writer from H: back to D: in Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7

I removed a second hard disk drive on my main desktop PC to another desktop PC in order to find out if its hard drive was the cause of a problem. However, when I reinstalled the drive in my main PC, I discovered that my DVD writer's drive letter had changed from D: to H:. How can I change the DVD drive/writer letter back to D:? The computer runs Windows XP Home Edition fully updated to Service Pack 3 (SP3) - the final service pack for Windows XP - and subsequent security updates. [The answer provides links to articles on how to change drive letters in Windows Vista and Windows 7.]

Answer

The following two pages provides the information on how to change the drive letter in Windows XP.

How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP -

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307844&sd=tech

Changing Drive Letters in Windows XP? -

http://www.dougknox.com/tips/xp_drive_letters.htm

Here are webpages that explain how to change drive letters in Windows Vista and Windows 7:

Change, add, or remove a drive letter [in Windows Vista] -

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/...

How To Change Drive Letters in Windows 7 -

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/...

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