Because the Zip drive came up as C:. That's the way things work. Do not ever install a Zip drive until after the hard drive has been _completely_ prepped. If you are working on an existing computer, disconnect the Zip drive before installing a new hard drive.
And the CD drive came up as D: You might get away with first formatting and partitioning the hard drive, so that the drive would be recognized by the boot from the OS product CD, and it would then come up as C:, but the Zip drive likely would then come up as D:, before the CD drive comes up as E:. On the other hand, having the boot drive as E: is likely to make it more difficult for any Trojan to compromise it. And having the boot drive as E: works just fine. Why does it do that? Because it is designed that way? Why was it designed that way? Dunno! Fred Holmes At 04:43 PM 5/21/2007, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: >Here I am messing with another computer for someone. > >I installed a new HD and it is drive E: not C: > >Windows will not allow me to chage the letter designation. > >How in heavens name did it get named e:? > >Stewart > >Rev. Stewart A. Marshall >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Prince of Peace >Ozark, AL SL 82 > > >************************************************************************ >* ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== >* ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== >* Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name >* Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST >* Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L >* New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress >* Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >************************************************************************ >* List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ >* RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml >* Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived >************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
