If you want to change your hard drive letter or your cd-rom drive letter, this is the tip you want.
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Click the start button
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Go into Administrative tools (either in the start button or in "All Programs"
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From Administrative Tools, go into "Computer Management"
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In "Computer Management", click on "Disk Management" under "Storage" from the left menu
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You should see a window from the lower right hand corner open (it shows all the hard disk drives and cd-rom drives)
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To change...
...hard drive, click on the hard disk with a blue horizonal bar, the box should be shaded; next right click that box that you desire to change the letter then click on "Change Letter Drive and Path"
...cd-rom drive, click on the box that you desire the drive letter; next right click that box that you desire to change the letter then click on "Change Letter Drive and Path"
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click the "change..." button
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from the "assign the following drive letter", select the letter you want to assign to the hard drive or the cd-rom drive
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click ok
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click ok
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(optional) redo the whole step to reassign other hard drives or cd-rom drives
There! You have succeeded in changing the hard drive or cd-rom drive letter. Enjoy!
Notes: You can not change the drive letter of your boot or system drive this way. You can not assign drive letters that are already in use. Assign temporary letters as a workaround.
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