On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:49:18 -0400, H. S. wrote:
Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 00:21,typed:
It's just an unsubstantiated rumor.
IIRC, you'll have to reboot before step (3), because "e:" was already in use before you began relettering.
Good point! I have been reading about driver letter changing on google and just read that to make the changes take effect, I need to reboot.
The lettering changes should take place immediately; I don't remember having to reboot just because I made some simple changes, like changing a CD-ROM from "f:" to "z:".
But I didn't realize that I would need to do the above step with a reboot before step 3.
If a drive letter is in use, you can assign the partition a different letter. The catch is that to assign another partition to that (original) letter, you must reboot first.
That is, if I remember correctly. In any case, Microsoft will tell you what it requires you to do.
I have done it numerous times under Windows 2000. If I were using WinXP -- and fortunately, I'm not -- I would do it without hesitation, but my opinion is not a guarantee of success.
Okay, did it. Named d: to z:, e: to d: and then z: to e: all without rebooting. Windows explorer was then showing new drive letters. WinXP didn't complain at all and it was all quite easy. On reboot, I got my nice grub menu selection menu. All is well.
thanks, ->HS
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