Adding Drive Letters in "My Computer"

Using Windows XP Professional SP 2. I am trying to get drive letters for
temporary devices to show in "MY COMPUTER" when installed. The first time I
tried to "assign drive letters" I crashed the system. After recovery I
couldn't find any other references.

I have a DVD r/w and a flash drive that do not show a drive letter when
installed. I have trouble accessing them when they are needed. I finally
discovered that I could type the drive letter in and find it. Is there
anyway to get these devices to show up when installed.

Thanks for any help. I find the suggestions from the groups to been
extremely helpful and accurate.

Jim Neff
--
JD

David B.

Please excuse me for posting to the wrong area. I thought I had selected
windows XP but the ol' bifocals don't work as well as they once did. I will
repost and attempt to be more careful in the future.

Thanks...

--
JD


"JD" wrote:

> Using Windows XP Professional SP 2. I am trying to get drive letters for
> temporary devices to show in "MY COMPUTER" when installed. The first time I
> tried to "assign drive letters" I crashed the system. After recovery I
> couldn't find any other references.
>
> I have a DVD r/w and a flash drive that do not show a drive letter when
> installed. I have trouble accessing them when they are needed. I finally
> discovered that I could type the drive letter in and find it. Is there
> anyway to get these devices to show up when installed.
>
> Thanks for any help. I find the suggestions from the groups to been
> extremely helpful and accurate.
>
> Jim Neff
> --
> JD