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How to change CD Drive's letter?

I have both dvd and cd Drives shown on my computer on my laptop, i need to change the CD letter but, only DVD is shown in different programs.

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Hello Maritza,

The problem is that the drive doesn't appear in Disk Management, that's why i can't change the letter.. it's in the pictures attached.

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i mounted an ISO and it was mounted in the drive that i want to change, the one that doesn't appear in disk management.

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Change drive letter for CD drive on Windows 7

How to change the drive letter for CD drive on Windows 7? I want to map network location to the letter that is currently used by my CD drive.

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Right click on the Computer icon on the Desktop and select Manage option.

Select Storage > Disk Management or just run diskmgmt.msc (administrative rights needed).

Right click on the CD/DVD icon in the Disk (bottom) panel and select Change Drive Letter and Paths... . If there is a readable disc inserted, you can also select its mounted volume in the top panel.

Change the letter and select OK.

• 2 Would just like to add (only because mine wasn't showing up) that there must be a disk in the CD/DVD drive for it to show up in the Disk Management area. –  user55925 Nov 17, 2010 at 15:42
• For future readers, I had what appeared to be a CD drive showing up in Windows Explorer taking up a drive letter, but it didn't show up in Disk Management. It turned out to be Power ISO software I had installed. I just right clicked the drive and changed the Power ISO option to free up that drive letter. –  Ben Jun 5, 2013 at 20:12
• 2 "there must be a disk in the CD/DVD drive" this is a VERY useful hint. thank you @user55925 –  anion Nov 18, 2017 at 22:21
• 1 Nowadays (or on my Windows 10 21H1 installation with an USB CD/DVD drive) it is not required to be a disk inside, it is shown anyway. –  lucasvc Feb 17, 2022 at 7:51
• There was never a need for a disc to be in the drive, but in that case you can also change the letter from the Volumes panel. I've updated the answer. –  efotinis May 14 at 11:02

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How to change a drive letter

In Microsoft Windows, different storage media , devices, and partitions on your computer are identified using drive letters . By default, these letters are assigned automatically. However, if you desire to change a default drive letter, may do so by following the steps below.

If you're trying to switch between drives, see: How to change drives in MS-DOS and Windows command line.

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, and 11

• CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and other devices.
• Open the Disk Management utility .
• Right-click the volume whose drive letter you want to change and select the Change Drive Letter and Paths option.

• In the window that appears, click the Change button.

• In the next window, select the letter you desire from the drop-down menu on the right, then click OK .

CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and other devices

In the newer versions of Windows, devices that are not considered to be volumes (i.e., CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives) aren't listed on the same page as hard drives , SSDs , and partitions . However, you can adjust which section you are viewing, allowing you to assign a different drive letter to these devices.

The letter you assign to these devices must come after that of the hard drive. For example, because your hard drive is C:, you may only use D: through Z:. If you have multiple hard drives or partitions and your last drive letter is F:, you can only change your device's drive letter to G: through Z:.

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, and 11.
• Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME.
• MS-DOS and Windows 3.X.
• At the top of Disk Management window, click the View menu.
• In the drop-down menu that appears, select Top , then select Disk List .

• Right-click the disk drive whose drive letter you want to change and select the Change Drive Letter and Paths option.

Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME

• Open the Device Manager .
• Click the plus sign (+) next to CD-ROM or DVD/CD-ROM drives .
• Double-click the disk drive whose drive letter you want to change.
• Click the Settings tab.
• Where the computer lists the Start and end drive letter , make your selection and then click OK .
• Restart the computer.
• How to restart Microsoft Windows.

MS-DOS and Windows 3.X

• If you are in Windows, Exit to an MS-DOS prompt .
• Type cd\ and press Enter .
• Once at DOS type edit c:\autoexec.bat
• In the autoexec.bat window, locate the MSCDEX line .
• On the MSCDEX line, if it's missing /L:x (where x is the drive letter), add /L:D (assigning the CD-ROM to D: and can be anything up to Z:).
• Once changes are made, click File (if you do not have a mouse, press Alt + F ), then choose Exit and say Yes to save the changes .
• Once back at DOS, type edit c:\config.sys
• In the config.sys window, look for anything that says "LASTDRIVE=x" (were x is the last drive letter). If the line is missing, add LASTDRIVE=K (or the letter you want as the ending letter) at the top of the config.sys file.

The LASTDRIVE must be a letter between C and Z.

• Once changes are made, click File (if you do not have a mouse , press Alt + F ), then choose Exit and say Yes to save the changes .

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How to Change Local/Removable Disk Drive Letter on Windows 10

After Windows system installation is complete, we usually assign letter for each hard disk partition. Occasionally you may want to change the drive letter for your local hard disk partition, removable USB flash drive, or CD-ROM. Now this post will show you how to change disk drive letter in Windows 10 with two different methods.

• Method 1: using Disk Management
• Method 2: using Diskpart.exe

1. Change local/removable disk drive letter using Disk Management

Step 1: Open the Disk Management in Windows 10 .

Step 2: Right click on the volume for which you want to change drive letter, and then select Change Drive Letter and Paths from the context menu.

Step 3: Highlight the drive letter and click the Change button.

Step 4: Click the drop-down button following "Assign the following drive letter", then select one letter from the drop-down menu, and click OK .

Step 5: You will be prompted with the following warning. Click Yes to continue. If you have some programs that rely on an absolute path to the drive, you will need to change the drive letter on the path to the drive in the program to the letter you selected.

Step 6: Then from the Disk Management or from the File Explorer you will see the drive letter of the disk partition is changed to the new letter you selected.

2. Change local/removable disk drive letter using Diskpart.exe

Step 1: Run Command Prompt as administrator on Windows 10 .

Step 2: Type diskpart and press Enter .

Step 3: Type list volume and press Enter to list all volumes.

Step 4: Type select volume <volume number> , and press Enter to select the volume.

Step 5: Type assign letter =<new letter> and press Enter key to assign a new drive letter to the volume.

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How do you change the CD/DVD Drive letter in Server 2019 ?

Never really though of this as a difficult task in prior version of Windows, but I am coming up empty on Server 2019.

Not really a big deal as these are new server deployments, but I typically move the CD/DVD Drive letter up a bit farther in the alphabet to keep all my data volume letters consecutive.

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Ya it's pretty straight forward

diskmgmt.msc -> right click CD drive -> change drive letter and path -> change

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if you want to be more specific you can look for ' drivetype = 5' which is  the DVD

You can use Disk Management for this (CTRL+X, select Disk Management). Right click the CD/DVD drive, select Change Drive Letter and Paths and make your changes. Alternatively, use Powershell. This sequence may be able to be shortened somewhat. This has been working reliably for me on all recent versions of Windows including server 2019.

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Neally wrote: Ya it's pretty straight forward diskmgmt.msc -> right click CD drive -> change drive letter and path -> change

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Changing the Drive Letter and Paths

Suppose that you have drive C: assigned as your first partition and drive D: assigned as your CD drive. You add a new drive and partition it as a new volume. By default, the new partition is assigned as drive E:. If you want your logical drives to appear before the CD drive, you can use the Disk Management utility's Change Drive Letter And Paths option to rearrange your drive letters.

When you need to reassign drive letters , right-click the volume you want to change the drive letter on and choose the Change Drive Letter And Paths option, as shown in Figure 4.16. This brings up the Change Drive Letter And Paths For Drive: dialog box, as shown in Figure 4.17. Click the Edit button to access the Edit Drive Letter Or Paths dialog box. Use the drop-down list next to the Assign A Drive Letter option to select the drive letter you want to assign to the volume. Finally, confirm the change when prompted.

FIGURE 4.16 Selecting the Change Drive Letter And Paths option

In Exercise 4.3, you will edit the drive letter of the partition you created in Exercise 4.1. Since your computer has a CD drive, your hard drive partition is C: and your CD drive is most likely D: with the new partition you created in Exercise 4.1 defined as E:. In this exercise, you will modify your drive letter settings so that the partitions are C: and D: and the CD-ROM drive is E. If your computer is using a configuration that has more drives, you will need to modify the exercise based on your configuration. The goal of this exercise is to ensure that your volumes are defined as C: and D:.

EXERCISE 4.3

Continue reading here: Creating Spanned Volumes

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How to change optical drive letter?

Open the Run box by pressing Windows Key + R. Type “diskmgmt.msc” and press Enter. Find your drive in the list of available disks. It will usually be listed as “CD-ROM” or similar. Right-click on the optical drive and select “Change Drive Letter and Paths”. Click the “Change…” button and select a new letter from the drop-down menu. Click “OK” to save the changes.

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