OK. If you want to change the letter on a drive which is already assigned to another drive, you may have to assign an unused letter to the other drive first. In other words, shuffle the drive letters around until you have the desired combination. You may have to restart Windows to complete an assignment before making another one. One cannot assign a new letter to the boot partition/drive. Some programs reference the drive letter of a CD-ROM drive etc.

Windows XP does not support NetBEUI (mskb 306059, The NetBEUI Protocol Is Not Available in Windows XP, at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q306/0/59.ASP). However, mskb 301041, How to Install NetBEUI on Windows XP, at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q301/0/41.ASP tells how to install it. Mskb 301041 must be there for a reason.

Right click on My Computer and choose Manage. In the window that appears, click on Disk Management. Then right click any partition you want to reassign and choose Change Drive Letter and Path. You cannot change the drive letter of the boot or system partitions (typically C:).

If the disk is formatted in NTFS, your options for returning to Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me are limited. The Win 9X based operating systems do not read or recognize NTFS, and you cannot convert the disk to use the FAT or FAT32 file system. The bootable disk that you use and the drive on which you want to install Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me cannot use NTFS. Microsoft does not support any third-party solutions for converting NTFS to FAT or FAT32.

I install it on a new computer (or hard disk drive taken down to "bare metal") from the DOS prompt with a Windows 98 Startup floppy. Put a copy of smartdrv.exe on the Startup floppy. You should be able to find a copy on and existing Windows 9x/Me computer at C:\windows. It is on the CD's in D:\win98. Boot to the floppy and use fdisk to partition the drive. Format the C: drive. Do not install the system files.

If you plug in a new USB Flash Drive into your Windows XP system and it does not show up under "My Computer" with a drive letter, you may have a conflict with another drive in your system. This tends to occur when a computer has multiple hard drives or CD/DVD drives and one of them if assigned to drive letter "H". To change the drive letter, you will need to open "Disk Management.

To change the Drive letter used by your RDX media storage drive in Windows XP or 2003 follow the instructions below. Click on "Change" and assign a new drive letter from the drop-down box. Make sure no other device or network share is using the new drive letter.

the first situation is that the source disc is with protection technology; in this case, just check the checkbox next to "Skip Reading Errors" and "RAW Mode + Sub-Channel Information" and then you can make your image file successfully; another situation is there might be scratches or damages on the source disc, although not protected. In this case, just check off the checkbox next to "Skip Reading Errors", if there is still error message, it means that your disc is damaged.

This page has some links to utilities you can use. The "EBCD – Emergency Boot CD (v0.60)" sounds very promising, and you can try it.

For Windows 2000/XP systems, the environment settings are edited in a special Control Panel applet called System. These instructions on configuring the NSGMLS markup validator for EditPlus will help you get started. For Java, the Command field will be the path to your javac.exe program (or java.exe to run). The Argument should contain any parameters you want to pass to the compiler and should end with the $(FilePath) variable that substitutes the current file name.

If you are sharing a drive, on the Sharing tab, click If you understand the risk but still want to share the root of the drive, click here. If the Share this folder on the network check box is unavailable, this computer is not on a network. If you would like to set up a home or small office network, click the Network Setup Wizard link and follow the instructions to turn on file sharing. Once file sharing is enabled, begin this procedure again.

More information can be found on the Windows Hardware compatibilty List (On the Microsoft website under 'Storage/CD-RW')).

Click start Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Select Disk Management Right click on the disk to rename and click "Change Letter and Path" Select the new path

Yes, but it's kinda painful, and you should ask yourself whether or not you really need to do it. First of all, it will involved editing the registry, and that is, as any Windows users knows, is a Task Which Can Destroy The Whole Damn House of Cards. Do you trust me to give you good advice on what to do? Remember, I'm a dumbass. Anyway, here's the procedure.

Note that doing any of the below will erase all data in your hard disk! You can boot from a Windows 9x boot disk, reformat the XP partition and install a previous version of Windows. If XP is installed using NTFS file system, you'll first have to use FDISK to delete the partition, type FDISK at the prompt. Once you are at the menu, select "Delete Non-dos Partition.

Use the Unlocker utility. This file will unlock all file handles on the file/folder and even offer to delete it for you before the program locks it again!

Microsoft is aiming to combine the features of Windows Me for the consumer, and reliability of Windows 2000 for businesses and power users into one new operating system. This operating system in its' different flavors will have new features for gaming, multimedia applications, audio, etc. in addition to features for networking, development, etc. for businesses and power users.

Windows XP comes in Professional and Home versions. Servers will also come out, but they are still in beta testing.

Windows XP Home is $99 for an upgrade copy and $199 for the full version. Windows XP Pro is $199 for the upgrade version and $299 for a full copy.

Continue to the following steps after backing up all important data and anything that cannot be restored from other media. If the disk is formatted in NTFS, your options for returning to Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me are limited. Those operating systems do not read or recognize NTFS, and you cannot convert the disk to use the FAT or FAT32 file system. The bootable disk that you use and the drive on which you want to install Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me cannot use NTFS.

There is no "deactivation" process for XP. If you need to move XP to a new PC, the steps below must be completed. When setup checks Activation status, setup will detect you are installing on significantly changed hardware, and you will be prompted to call the telephone number listed on the screen. If it has been over 120 days since it was last activated, you will activate over the internet without making the phone call.

The backup application on the retail version is located on the XP CD in the Valueadd folder, Some OEM's include backup, but some OEM's elect not to supply the additional folder. Give your computer a chance to show all of its potential with this new Tune XP collection of Windows XP tips and software, which will help you manage, secure, backup and tweak your system for good. This package will bulletproof your computer from many potential disasters and teach you more about your PC.

Features such as System Restore, Image acquisition and more. Most of the new multimedia features in Windows Me will be carried over to Windows XP.

Most programs that work on Windows 95/98/Me and NT will work on versions of Windows XP. As with Windows 2000, several compatibility updates are sure to made after the product is released. There will be problems running older DOS programs (if they will run at all).

Definitely go for Windows XP for the simple reason that it is designed for both the business & consumer thus is more adept at games playing.

Yes without a doubt we wholly recommend upgrading to Windows XP and as you are a Windows Me user, we recommend that you purchase Windows XP Home Edition for your PC. exams of Microsoft certification endow the very technical skills of tackling all routing and switching system with all security measures and reasonable solutions with fine troubleshooting of Cisco.

Ans: The problem here is that the drive has not been "initialized" or formatted yet. When you install a brand new HD into WinXP/Win2K, it gets detected in your system by the installation wizard and its drivers are installed. Normally you know this because it will inform you that a new drive has been installed and will ask you to reboot. However, upon rebooting you might not see a new drive show up in Windows Explorer.