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Zip drive takes cdrom drive letter!
I have installed the guest95 for my paralel zip drive about four times, the install works great untill I restart my computer. After restart, the zip takes the "I" drive instead of the "J" that it installed with. I have the cdrom assigned first and last drive letter"I". I do not have any of the other problems that the Iomega site says to look for. This same zip worked great on my old win95 486/75. What gives? (like I said, I tried all the Iomega tips).
crap, just paid more attention to your post and saw that you've already got cdrom set to I: for first and last, so try J: like I was saying. sorry for all the useless info about how to get to the cdrom properties, you obviously know that. and, if it isn't that you are losing the cdrom but just really need/want the zip to be J:, then everything I've offered is worthless. :)
i had the same problem; i've used the solution shalafi proposed so that my cdrom always has the same drive-letter, even if my zip isn't connected. You could also try loading the cdrom-dos driver in your config.sys and using mscdex with the /L:<drive-letter> assign the cdrom to your drive I: This way, the zipdrive can only take the next available drive-letter (J:).
hope this helps,
N.
hope this helps,
N.
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I had planned to add the dos drivers, then win98 crashed completely(nothing to do with the zip). After another 2 hours troubleshooting, I,m back in business! I have forgotten where the switch L:/I to assign the cdrom should be placed. Any help? BTW: I need to keep the cd as I: because that is the source drive for everything that has been installed ie:games, apps, Etc.. thanks for the answers!
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ugh, would be so much simpler if you didn't need that drive letter for the cdrom :)
the letter assignment goes in both autoexec.bat and config.sys on the device=<driver.sys> and the mscdex lines
remember that any real-mode drivers you add like that suck up a little memory
if you need it:
config.sys -> device=c:\..\cdromdrv.sys /D:NAME001 /L:I
autoexec.bat -> mscdex.exe /D:NAME001 /L:I
the name and the letter don't matter, as long as they are set to the same thing in each file
if you've got himem.sys and emm386 firing up correctly then you can go ahead and use devicehigh= and lh mscdex and maybe get em into upper memory
the letter assignment goes in both autoexec.bat and config.sys on the device=<driver.sys> and the mscdex lines
remember that any real-mode drivers you add like that suck up a little memory
if you need it:
config.sys -> device=c:\..\cdromdrv.sys /D:NAME001 /L:I
autoexec.bat -> mscdex.exe /D:NAME001 /L:I
the name and the letter don't matter, as long as they are set to the same thing in each file
if you've got himem.sys and emm386 firing up correctly then you can go ahead and use devicehigh= and lh mscdex and maybe get em into upper memory
how will lastdrive=z assign the cdrom to drive-letter i??????
Be aware that using a Dos real mode CDROM driver may force Windows to operate the drive in slow, Dos-compatibility mode. (Instead of 32-bit, protected mode)
Just change to the desired drive letter for the zip drive under Disk Drives/Settings in Device Manager.
Set the CDROM's assignment under CDROM/Settings.
Regards,
Ralph
Just change to the desired drive letter for the zip drive under Disk Drives/Settings in Device Manager.
Set the CDROM's assignment under CDROM/Settings.
Regards,
Ralph
In Windows 95 you can go to the Systems control Panel and get the
properties of the zip drive up. Change the First drive letter and the
last drive letter to the Drive letter you want it to have. Do the same
with the CDROM drive but with the drive letter you want that to have.
IT would probably be best to make the ZIP drive the Z drive.
I can't take credit. Look at:
http://pw2.netcom.com/~deepone/zipjaz/special.html
properties of the zip drive up. Change the First drive letter and the
last drive letter to the Drive letter you want it to have. Do the same
with the CDROM drive but with the drive letter you want that to have.
IT would probably be best to make the ZIP drive the Z drive.
I can't take credit. Look at:
http://pw2.netcom.com/~deepone/zipjaz/special.html
To give the cdrom J: go to Device Manager (System from Control Panel, or right click on My Computer and choose Properties) highlight your cdrom drive, and click on properties. Down at the bottom of the properties page change the Start Drive Letter and the End Drive Letter both to J:. Or, try changing both to I: and see if that forces Win95 to give J: to the zip.
Why so many drive letters? Big hard drive with lots of partitions? Network?