Article ID: 101703
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
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SUMMARY
Windows NT attempts to assign drive letters to partitions in the same manner that MS-DOS does. However, there are cases in which drive letter assignments are not the same.
MORE INFORMATION
Consider the following example in which a system has two hard disks, each of which has two partitions:
Windows NT assigns drive letters as follows:
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| C: FAT | E: NTFS |
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| D: FAT | F: FAT |
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However, MS-DOS assigns drive letters as follows:
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| C: FAT | Unknown |
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| D: FAT | E: FAT |
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Because MS-DOS does not recognize the NTFS partition, it marks the partition as "unknown" and does not assign it a drive letter.
NOTE: In Disk Administrator, you can customize the drive letter assignments by choosing Drive Letter from the Partition menu.
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