Windows Setup and Operation 3-39

CHANGE DRIVE LETTER

To add, change or delete drive letters, follow the steps below. Before making any changes, thoroughly read the NEC Express5800/ft series-specific precautions and general precautions for Windows.

1.Select [Start] - [Control Panel] - [Administrative Tools] and open [Computer Management].

2.In the console tree of [Computer Management], click [Disk Management].

3.Right-click a target partition, logical drive or volume and click [Change Drive Letter and Paths…].

4.Perform one of the following:

To assign a drive letter, click [Add…], a drive letter to use, then [OK].

To change a drive letter, click the drive letter to change, [Change…], a drive letter to use, then [OK].

To delete a drive letter, click the drive letter to delete then [Remove].

IMPORTANT:

<NEC Express5800/ft series-specific precautions>

One CD-ROM drive for each PCI module (total of two CD-ROM drives) is installed in NEC Express5800/ft series. If those CD-ROM drives’ N-codes are different, the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive may be changed (reassigned) when the secondary PCI module becomes the primary module at startup. In such case, follow the instruction above to change back the drive letter. It is recommended to specify “D” as the CD-ROM drive’s drive letter. (The change of drive letter due to the change of primary PCI module can be suppressed.)

<General precautions for Windows>

•Drive letter of system volume or boot volume cannot be changed.

•Up to 26 drive letters can be used on a computer. “A” and “B” are drive letters for floppy disk drives. Generally, hard disk drives are assigned “C” to “Z”, but for network drives, drive letters are assigned in a reverse order (“Z” to “C”).

•Because many of Windows programs refer to specific drive letters, cautions are required for assigning drive letters. For example, the Path environment variable specifies a program name and a specific drive letter.

•For performing the procedure above, you need to be a member of Backup Operators group or Administrators group, or you need to have appropriate authorization.