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by wordmaster1 2 views

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Is there a way to go past the drive letter limit of "Z" in Win98?

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by wordmaster1

With yours and two other saying basically the same thing, I have no choice but to concede that "no" is the correct answer and award the points to you as you gave the answer first. I was afraid that would be the answer, but figured it was worth hitting the "expert" team... Thank you.

by vinnyd

Win 98 which is still based on the old MS-DOS can only use Drive Letters A - Z.

The same thing is true in Win 95 and Win ME

Now this does not mean that you can not use more drives.

By setting up Batch files for shortcuts for programs that need access to different places you can over come this limitation.

Example: We have 2 programs (that do not run at the same time) and each needs an F drive.

Program 1

Program 1 needs to access \\server\accounting

batch file
net use f: /delete
net use f: \\server\accounting
accounting_program

Program 2

Program 2 needs to access \\server\marketing

Batch file

net use f: /delete
net use f: \\server\marketing

Now this only works if the two programs DO NOT NEED to be used at the same time.

by thechas

If I understand VinnyD's answer correctly, that is a potential work-around for mapped drives.

I don't think it will work for real or logical drives.

My question is, why do you need more than 24 drives?

Perhaps we can help you find an alternate system setup to provide what you need without having to have 24 drives on your system.

Chas

by wordmaster1

Thanks for answering, but it seems that the first answer of "no" is correct and I will have to accept it. As to an alternate system, I am aware of other ways to do things, but, for me, more drives would be the best way.

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