I formatted my hard disk on my own computer and put new motherboard and CPU in. Then I put in XP. The hardware I had in ended up as CD= D, A drive =A, Zip =C. Therefore my software went onto a drive called E. Some programs will not load on an E drive and only demand C. Can I change my E to C and my C to E?
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A: 3 1/2" floppy drive
C: Local drive
D: CD drive
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F: My Book "external drive"
T: Removable drive "HP Printer D7160"
Every now and then the F & T drives will switch drive letters when this happens I cannot get into the F drive. Is there some way I can get into a built in program and change drive letters??
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my keyboard is messed up. if i type the alphabet it comes out as follows
abcdefgh51230n6pqrst4vwxyz, i can type the correct letters by holding down the 'fn' key, as i am doing now. and if i hold down the 'fn' and 'shift' i get this
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWXYZ this all aooctter when i was trying to write a letter to someone in germany and wanted to tyoe the char of the 'umlaut'. i thought i could set the language to german, then switch back.
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