How can I change a drive letter in Windows XP?

When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters to the drives. However, this assignment might not suit your system; for example, you might have mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive.
When you want to change drive letters, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
  2. Under Computer Management, click Disk Management. In the right pane, you’ll see your drives listed. CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane.
  3. Right-click the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
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  4. Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter you want to assign, and then click OK.
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You will not be able to change the boot or system drive letter in this manner. Many MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs make references to a specific drive letter (for example, environment variables). If you modify the drive letter, these programs may not function correctly.

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