How can I change the drive letter of the cd/DVD/BD in windows 8

The only thing that appears under device management is hard drives.  Optical drives do not arise as they did under XP or 7.

In Windows 8, the optical drives are listed in the Device Manager under CD/DVD-ROM drives.

In windows 8, the drive letter assignments are made in the disk management snap-in in.

Access

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative tools

Computer management

Disk management

Highlight the device in the list, click the icon to the left of the list on the right left

In the context menu, select change drive letter and path.

Follow the on-screen prompts.

If the devices are not listed, shut down the computer to the power off. Wait a minute. Restart and check again.

Tom Ferguson

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