I don't remember what it is, but there was a substi command in dos that you could run in a batch file
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Can I force a USB floppy drive to be A:? Hi folks, Running Win 2K SP 4 on an old Compaq Deskpro. The internal floppy drive on this machine is broken, and it's a proprietary piece of ... stuff ... that can't be replaced with a generic floppy drive. I have an old piece of software that requires access to the A: drive. I'm trying to force a USB floppy drive to be recognized as A:. Running everything normally, the internal drive comes up as A: and the USB drive appears as B: I've physically disconnected the internal drive inside the machine. In the BIOS I've disabled the floppy drive as a boot device. In Windows Device Manager I've disabled the floppy drive controller. A floppy drive still shows up in device manager and it can't be disabled there, only uninstalled. If I uninstall it Windows re-installs it on boot. Under this configuration no A: drive shows up in Windows Explorer but the USB drive insists on being B:. The USB drive shows up in Device Manager but there is no option to force a drive letter assignment. The BIOS on this box is primitive; there is no option to swap the A: and B: drives like I used to see on some machines. I'd be grateful for any suggestions on how I can force my USB floppy drive to come up as A:. Thanks! Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
