Comments on: Change or Modify the Drive Letter and Paths in Windows Vista http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/ Living Digitally and Electronically Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:39:18 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nick http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-194272 Nick Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:20:10 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/#comment-194272 Is there a way of changing the floppy drive, mine has come up as "Floppy Disk Drive (B:)" and i would like to change it to A: like i have had it in every windows i have owned from Windows 3.11 right through to vista Is there a way of changing the floppy drive, mine has come up as “Floppy Disk Drive (B:)” and i would like to change it to A: like i have had it in every windows i have owned from Windows 3.11 right through to vista

]]> By: John Galt http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-165229 John Galt Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:31:18 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/#comment-165229 Using the exact methodology described above, I wanted to go from an installed version of XP with a dual boot of Vista on a separate drive to upgrading my XP to Vista, and freeing up my other drive for other uses. The 'on-the-fly" resizing of partitions leaves a *lot* to be desired - there is a maximum / minimum the partitions can be resized, and I was unable to successfully merge 2 partitions, as numerous third party tools are able to do. Granted, it is a lot better than what is available in XP / 2000, but it still leaves a lot left to be desired, making third party tools almost a requirement - as they have been since I started using Windows 3. Using the exact methodology described above, I wanted to go from an installed version of XP with a dual boot of Vista on a separate drive to upgrading my XP to Vista, and freeing up my other drive for other uses.

The ‘on-the-fly” resizing of partitions leaves a *lot* to be desired – there is a maximum / minimum the partitions can be resized, and I was unable to successfully merge 2 partitions, as numerous third party tools are able to do.

Granted, it is a lot better than what is available in XP / 2000, but it still leaves a lot left to be desired, making third party tools almost a requirement – as they have been since I started using Windows 3.

]]> By: Change or Resize Partition (NTFS, FAT or FAT32) Size in Windows Vista » My Digital Life http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-50388 Change or Resize Partition (NTFS, FAT or FAT32) Size in Windows Vista » My Digital Life Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:11:33 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/11/26/change-or-modify-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/#comment-50388 [...] In Windows Vista, it’s very easy to change the size of the partition or resize partition by using Disk Management Console, which also provides ability to change drive letters or paths. Partitions with NTFS, FAT32 or FAT file system can be resized with the Disk Management utility. And unlike Windows XP or Windows 2000, there is no third-party application program such as Partition Magic needed. Disk Management Console can resize the partitions without any data loss or the need to delete and remove the existing partition and recreate the partition with new size. To resize partition size or change the size of partitions in Windows Vista: [...] [...] In Windows Vista, it’s very easy to change the size of the partition or resize partition by using Disk Management Console, which also provides ability to change drive letters or paths. Partitions with NTFS, FAT32 or FAT file system can be resized with the Disk Management utility. And unlike Windows XP or Windows 2000, there is no third-party application program such as Partition Magic needed. Disk Management Console can resize the partitions without any data loss or the need to delete and remove the existing partition and recreate the partition with new size. To resize partition size or change the size of partitions in Windows Vista: [...]

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