Change DVD drive letters in Windows 7.

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• Satellite P70-A01D: change the drive letters after the 2nd SSD upgrade

  I think it's a generic UEFI / Win 8.1 question (not according to model).

  However, FWIW, I have a Satellite P70-A01D (bought locally here in Australia).

  It is a victory of 16 GB 17.3 inch Gen4 i7 4700MQ Intel HM86 8.0 64-bit RAM.
  http://www.MyToshiba.com.au/products/computers/satellite/P70/psplpa-01d002/specifications

  I updated the OS to Win 8.1

  The P70 is supplied with a drive Bay HARD vacuum #2 - I bought a 250 GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD that I want to use as the main system disk / boot Win 8.1.

  I installed this SSD in bays #2 and from there I had no problem using the wizard of Samsun cloning software provided with the SSD (VCC 4.0) to clone my 1 TB on the SSD system.

  There are a lot of instructions from Samsun and around the web on how to clone and "substitute" of a HDD with a SSD - however there are much less when it comes to 'Add' the SSD - in the #2 Bay - while always keeping the original HDD fully functional as an additional drive.

  After execution of the cloning software, I tried just go into the settings of the UEFI on reboot and change the order of the boot drive placing the SSDS over HARD drive.

  It worked but there are obviously questions still as I had not renamed readers SSD worked as system but he was editing as D: and HARD drive was still C: and most of the system/application paths were always scheduled to access C:!

  It led to the crash and restart cycles of the Bureau (? & or explorer.exe?) and two consistent error messages:
  -"SkyDrive engine Sync host has stopped working".
  -"Host for the synchronization setting process has stopped working".

  I saw in the Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Management-Online Storage-online-online right click on each drive disk management online online that I can access > however
  (a) I'm not sure if the solution I need is this simple;
  (b) nervous about change of letter on a disk while running the system; and
  (C) uncertain steps in order of evolution [IE. C: (non - sys) becomes M; D: (sys) becomes C:...

  At the moment via UEFI I'm back to working with the system on the HARD disk rather than on the SSD seems stable and without compromise of my screwing around!

  Apologies for the long post by train to make sure to include all relevant information. I think that my final goal is double win bootable 8.1 / Ubuntu 12.04 of the SSDS probably with Ubuntu on a 50 GB partition leaving 200 GB (enough?). I want to keep a slab of SSD space available for photo and video editing: +/-100 GB!

  I wondered simply assign new letters to readers, however the notes at the bottom of http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter state:

  You cannot change a drive letter if the drive is a system partition or a boot partition.

  Suggestions please?

  Hello

  I think you could try to change the letter to readers as suggested in the Microsoft article.
  Where this is not possible, try to use 3rd party such as GParted software.
  http://gparted.org/LiveUSB.php

  You could try changing the drive letters might start to the top of the unit using the live USB version.
  But it might be possible that your system would not initialize correctly after this change.

  So you should not forget to mark the partition as bootable.

  Your comments would be appreciated

• incompatible drive after drive letters reformat Windows 7

  I use Windows 7 64-bit.

  I have 2 hard drives each partitioned inot 2 discs.
  HDD0 was and is drive C and M.
  HDD1 was D and S, but was dynamic- changed base, reformatted and repartitioned.
  (may be mentioned that before that, D drive was actually 2 separate sections - now a). After that, the machine displays the new drive letter is D, as H with no option to change this, letter D is not availalble on the list, nor is it clearly assigned to any other device in the computer management/storage/disk management. However when I look at windows Explorer it is a device marked with the letter D - it's a nonexistent DVD player.

  I guess that's a function of the BIOS to find and assign letters but do not know how to get the drive assignment D back where it belongs and lose the nonexistent DVD.

  No idea how I can reassign d to the hard disk partition that contains all the data pointed to by things like my documents , etc?

  Hello
  Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

  Since this is a non-existent DVD player, search for all device emulators that emulate DVD players. In such a case, you don't see the drive in Management\Storage\Disk computer management. If so, disable all these readers virtual and them trying to change drive letters. Include software virtual drive Daemon Tools, PowerISO, MagicISO, etc..

  Drive letters are assigned by Windows and BIOS looks in it. BIOS monitors hardware components only. UNIX based operating system (Linux, Mac) doesn't have this drive letter format, but still working with the same hardware as Windows.

• My dvd drive does not (windows xp) why cant it reads DVDs more? Device status indicates its working properly. Help please

  Then it has not worked. I tried the fix windows program provides, but he could not solve my problem, my computer says it works fine, but just can't play my dvd. the ides or should I just get a new dvd player?

  Hello

  1 how long have you been faced with this problem?
  2 do you have you can all changes on the computer before this problem?
  3. this happens with some special DVD?
  4. that you get an error message try to play any DVD?

  Step 1: Refer the article that could help you solve this problem.
  How to troubleshoot common problems that occur when a Windows XP-based computer cannot read a CD or DVD
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/321641

  Step 2: If you still face the same problem then try reinstalling the DVD drive drivers.

  1. click on start and then click Control Panel.
  2. click on system and Maintenance and then click System.
  3. in the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on allow.
  4. in Device Manager, expand CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives, right click on the device CD and DVD and then click on uninstall.
  5. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to remove the device, click OK.
  6. restart the computer.
  After the computer restarts, the drivers will be installed automatically.

  Now try to play or access a CD or a DVD.

• Why change my drive letters?

  Original title: why the drive letters disappear from my computer? the letters are also missing from disk management, the readers are there, with new letters!

  several of my drive letters changed and the drive letter are absent from the disk management and administration tools, disks are ther with new letters and I can't rename change drive letters?

  Hello
  Are you are still unable to change following the steps in this article the list?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

• Change DVD drive region code

  I have a laptop with Windows 8 on it and I had problems with a "region code" because we got it. Second hand, it was when we got, but it works and the Guy didn't have anything set up. How would I go about editing a "region code"?

  Hi Jared,

  I would suggest trying the following steps and check if it helps.

  a. click on this computer and then click Properties.
  b. click Advanced System Properties.

  c. in the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
  d. in the list of devices, double-click on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives, click on the DVD drive for which you want to change the region setting and then click Properties.
  e. on the tab area of the DVD, make the desired changes.

  Hope this information helps. Answer the post with an up-to-date issue report to help you further.

• CD/DVD-drive missing when Windows 7 is installed.

  I installed Win 7 32 bits, with a cd - everything works fine.
  But the CD/DVD drive is missing from Device Manager.

  I did a Win 7 clean install and have installed all the drivers for the hardware (all from the manufacturer). I tried some things I mentioned forums, like the one to delete data in the registry. This didn t solve the problem. I even tried to install win 7 again (tried 64 bit as well).

  Can anyone help?

  Solved!  I think so.  I had the same problem - installed Windows 7 on my Zepto 6625WD and Windows 7 could not recognize my TSST SN-S082H DVD player, although everything worked again well under ubuntu.  After several days of intermittent Googling, I came across this fix , which (even if it's for Vista) resolved my problems in Windows 7 - the DVD player is now detected and works perfectly.

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• How to disable the USB port and change DVD drive to read-only?

  I have upgraded my Vista Home Premium from window to window 7 Ultimatum. I tried to disable the USB port and and change the configuration of DVD room to read only via the bios, but I wasn't able to do. The bios always the same, whether it was when I had vista.

  I wonder if the operating system upgrade from Vista home premium to Windows 7 ultimate trigger necessarily upgrading the bios in order to take full advantage of the Windows 7?

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  rThen your question isn't specific to Windows 7, you must consult the manufacturer. You should be able to disable the USB via the BIOS ports. Also, why do you want to set the optical drive as read only? If it is shared? If so, the advanced sharing disk properties, from there, you can set permissions on the drive. If you releasing It Easy: with Windows | ActiveWin | Laptops | Microsoft MVP

• CD/DVD driver is missing Windows 7

  I have 2 Cd and DVD drivers listed in the currency manager; HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT34N and WFIXK G9ERGTMRW SCSI CdRom motto.  Neither work and the drivers seem to be missing.   I uninstalled both and rebooted several times.  It worked once in the past, drivers have been reloaded successfully after reboot. Unfortunately not this time.    Does anyone have tips that can solve this problem?

  RAM DVD uninstalled, rebooted, checked the Manager of computer peripherals and 2 drivers still missing.

  I was wondering is it could be the other file (x 32) as mine is x 64?

  It may be possible, a filter driver is loaded or trying to be responsible, that you may not have seen.

  What I might suggest. to ensure that the filter values are deleted, copy and paste the following text in Notepad and save to a .reg file (save with the .reg extension and give a name like fixcd.reg):

  First create a system restore point, and then double-click the saved .reg file, add to the registry and restart the computer.

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\ {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
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• J: present in DiskMgr - DiskMgr 'Change' NO drive letters

  Win 7 Hm Prem + HP (Pocket Drive) PD3200x (AU186AA #ABA) BkUp DRIVE w / HP SureStore App.

  SureStore App worm. 1.0.1.15 (08/04/2010) Dnloaded yesterday but NO HELP.

  My backup external (USB) drive HP has always attributed to J: When Inserted while the disc was removed a USB Verbatim was asigned [j] and I used safely remove Hdware instead of the V-Safe 100 Dbl Clking icon to remove it - I am wary that is why J: is MISSING when I try to rename the HP to D drive :. via CHANGE in diskmgmt.msc - J: appears everywhere where it should, EXCEPT when you try to use it in CHANGE DriveLetter.

  The HP SureStore App gives a pop up "Pls insert a disc j removable disk:" when I Clk the ShtCut tries to do a sync with C: and I don't know how to tell the App DON'T ask J: - GOLD - how temporarily name back to J: ""

  J: SHOWS in the list of DiskMgr w / device works correctly and - 0 - space used, unallocated, reserved BUT IF I Rt Clk J: in 'Computer' on the desktop and Clk EJECT it says d: is in use and to save files, etc. and Multi-EJECT - continue - fail to help.

  Dnloaded 08/04/10 last App Update SureStore and after only 3 installed tent it actually works – BUT - what i re-boot NOTHING LOADS and you have to NEW re - install in C: Sync (present) K: BkUp Drive. The SureStore APP is no longer installs a driver on startup, no doubt, he wants TO J: and does not work when it is not.

  Google is no help so far. -Would be System Restore or a Macrium full C Image B4 the Verbatim USB has been assigned j: be a last resort? Any thoughts appreciated!

  I got J: by removing the BkUp HP drive & go Device Mgr / drives and uninstall all USB Device members 5. Plugged in car and it was assigned (K). Changed the routine and (J) drive letter is now AVAILABLE again. I made the change to j.

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• In Windows 7, multiple drive letters are not available to map network drives.

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  In Windows 7, multiple drive letters are not available to map network drives.  e: by j: are missing.  How can I fix?

  Drive letters are assigned to other devices, probably the USB card readers.

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• Media Player Library question after the drive letters changed - Solution found

  I wanted to share a solution to a problem that I found and after searching on Google, I found no answer.  But after some perseverance I managed to fix it myself.

  I installed Win 7 & got to read all of my media files in WMP12, no problem.  However, I changed the drive letters on drives where my video, music and photo files were required, then lost all the details of the library.

  I thought I could rebuild the media player library by updating the files included in the relevant libraries, but it did not work.  I tried various other corrections posted (mainly by deleting all files in WMP library so he could rebuild), but without success.  What I found worked was:

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• Pavilion dv7 cannot recognize the CD/DVD drive, no help support "assistant".

  Subject says it all.  Since I got this machine, it had problems when the CD/DVD drive becomes invisible and are not accessible by any means.  A reboot has solved in the past, but now, it doesn't seem to work more.  I would like to reinstall the drivers, but guess what, I don't know what kind of player, it is (funny how that works), and Support 'Assistant' is apparently ihcapable to understand the model of this Pavilion dv7 ("product name: loading...") ("now until the heat death of the universe), which does not help either.  Anyone has a better idea than just blindly install the drivers?

  Hello

  Drivers for CD/DVD drives comes with Windows (IE with the operating system - it is not the drivers you need to download).  The driver is located in C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys.

  First, try the automated Microsoft fixit at the link below.

  Windows 7

  Vista

  Check if the drive works now.

  If the drive does not, in the Start Menu, open Control Panel and click Device Manager.  Click to open the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.  Right-click on the first channel and select uninstall.  Do not delete if requested drivers.  When uninstalled repeat the process for each channel.  Also, if an ATA controller is listed, right click and uninstall it, once again is not removing the drivers if requested. Then, open the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drives.  Make a right click the drive (if it shows!) and choose uninstall.  Do not delete if requested drivers.

  Restart the computer and let Windows reinstall devices.  Check the disc again.

  If it still does not work, re-run the fixit automated Microsoft at the link below.

  Windows 7

  Vista

  Then, in the Start Menu, open Control Panel and click Device Manager.  Click to open the CD/DVD-ROM drives.  Right-click on the drive and choose uninstall.  Do not delete if requested drivers.  When the device has been uninstalled click the icon 'Search for hardware changes' (usually just below help in the toolbar).  Let windows reinstall the disc and see if it works now.

  Best wishes

  DP - K

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