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title: "Run Out Of Drive Alphabets In Windows?"
date: 2006-11-22 00:44:15
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2006/11/22/run-out-of-drive-alphabets-in-windows/
author: Lester Chan
excerpt: "Ever wondered what happens if you run out of drive letters in Windows, with C through Z all used and A and B reserved for floppies? The next drive you plug in is still detected, just without a letter."
categories:
  - Blog
---

## Question

Have you all wondered what will happen if you run out of drive alphabets in Windows? Like C:\\ to Z:\\ are all used (A:\\ and B:\\ are reserved for floppy drives)? ## Answer

The next drive you plug in, Windows will still detect it, just that it will not assign it any drives alphabet and thus you cannot access it. ## Screenshot

[My Computer](https://files.lesterchan.net/screenshots/drives.jpg/)