Re-naming Comp Drives?

Factual Questions
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I need IT/Windows help. . . . I have a Fuji A303 Digital Camera. I am trying enable the pictures to upload to my hard drive.
According to the camera manual; the software that came with the camera is apparently trying to assign Drive Letter “F” to the camera when it is plugged into the USB.
Drive Letter “F” already exists as my Zip Drive; the “New Hardware Detected” pop-up never happened after I installed the software and plugged into the USB.
I am guessing the present “F” (Zip Drive) can be re-named; then I can un-install/re-install the camera software and the camera will work?
Do I un-install the Zip Drive software also; or just re-name that drive?
I have your typical “A” drive, two hard drives “C” and “D”, “E” is the CD drive and “F” is the Zip.
I am running Windows 2000 Professional and I am the administrator; can I change drive names through “comp mngmt” in control panel?

Please help.

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That’s a pretty odd problem. Usually a device will happily take the next available drive letter. I’ve never seen anything do otherwise.

Well, in any case, to change drive letters (not drive names; they’re two different things), go to the Control Panel, then Administrative Tools, and pick Computer Management from there. Within the Computer Management console, click on Disk Management. Now right-click on your Zip drive in the upper-right pane and choose the “Change Drive Letter and Path” option from the right-click menu. Next click Edit, change the letter and click OK.

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Did you turn on the computer first, wait for the desktop & THEN turn on the camera? It should see that it can’t use F.