Article ID: 153602 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 2.1

Drive Letter for Removable Cartridge Drive Changes

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SYMPTOMS

If you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive and a removable cartridge drive on the same SCSI bus, the drive letters for these devices may change when you restart the computer.
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CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the computer is started without a cartridge in the removable cartridge drive, or if the cartridge is not partitioned.
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, restart the computer with a partitioned cartridge in the removable cartridge drive.
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MORE INFORMATION

SCSI devices that are available in real mode are enumerated first and given the first available drive letters. Protected-mode SCSI devices are enumerated next.

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
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Keywords: 
kbprb KB153602
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