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Number   :  7923
Date     :  2004-05-20
Author   :  Bob Weir
Subject  :  Re: Using /CLONE to restore the bootdrive in FAT16 ?
Size(KB) :  1



Garry wrote:


> However this isn't a problem as far as your drive assignments
> go as you can re-assign the drive letters in windows
> to be whatever you want.

Kan responded

This is not true in any of Win9X/ME systems. The ability
to assign a drive letter to a disk by the user is only
with the NT-family Windows (which is done through entries
in the system registry). It is my understanding that
Win9X/ME simply takes over the file system from the
underlying DOS (which initiates the disk I/O operation
before it enters the Windows environment) which in turn
relies its drive-letter assignment on what the BIOS detects
at the beginning.

snip

In W9x/ME it is possible to fix drive letters using Device Manager - Disk
Settings by pre-setting the start and end drive letters to be the same. I
set W for writer and V for DVD using this technique (with FAT32) and they
are accessible from the DOS box prompt. It does not appear to affect the
BIOS start up sequence with four IDE devices and (in ignorance) I have
assumed that it was some form of Windows "re-allocation" at a later stage
during boot.

Bob



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