How to: Reserve a drive letter for removable media (including diskettes).
Solution:
Double-click the 'System' icon. Click the 'Device Manager' tab. Double-click the device for which to reserve drive letters. Click the 'Settings' tab. Select the drive letters from the 'Start drive letter' and 'End drive letter' drop-down list boxes.
NOTE: A 'removable media' drive can be a floppy drive or another data cartridge drive.
1) Click the 'Start' button to display the 'Start' menu.
2) Select 'Settings' and select 'Control Panel'. (The 'Control Panel' window appears.)
3) Double-click the 'System' icon. (The 'System Properties' dialog box appears.)
'System' icon
4) Click the 'Device Manager' tab.
5) Click the plus (+) sign next to the device type for the removable media drive.
NOTE: Removable media drive may be listed under 'Disk Drives'.
6) Double-click the device for which to reserve drive letters. (The drive's 'Properties' dialog box appears.)
7) Click the 'Settings' tab.
8) Select the first drive letter to assign to the device from the 'Start drive letter' drop-down list box in the 'Reserved drive letters' group.
9) Select the last drive letter to assign to the device from the 'End drive letter' drop-down list box in the 'Reserved drive letters' group.
NOTE: In most instances, select the same drive letter in the 'Start Drive Letter' and 'End Drive Letter' drop-down list boxes.
10) Click 'OK'. (The 'Properties' dialog box closes.)
11) Click 'OK'. (The 'System Properties' dialog box closes.)
12) Click 'Yes' to restart Windows 95.
