Floppy drive not A:

[MrMikeL]

I know I've seen this issue posted here before, but I cannot find it now, so I apologize in advance if this has indeed been discussed. And if it has, please don't hesitate to throw a link to the discussion as a response.

Anyway, I have a Gateway 9300 Solo laptop, P3, 500mhz, 288mb RAM, running Win98SE. I don't know how or why, but my combo floppy/LS-120 drive is listed as the D: drive, not the A: drive. And some programs will not decompress into anything other than the A: drive (WD Data Lifeguard Tools, for example).

So how can I get my system to correctly recognize the floppy drive as A: instead of D:? I've looked in the BIOS and don't see any user settable settings there. Many thanks, oh great tech wizards!!

-Mike

[Dj-Icer]

!!?!

[john_phoenix]

You might try the SUBST command.
open a DOS window
change to drive d: (LS120)
type SUBST a: (return)
your drive should now think it is drive D: and drive A:

LS120 drives normally become drive D: as they are IDE devices not on the floppy controller and the BIOS assigns A: & B: to the floppy controller.

Or in the BIOS switch of the floppies and assign a drive letter in the device manager.