[ddouglass]

You don't say whether you are using XP or Vista. For XP, go to the Control Panel, open the Administrative Tools, then open Computer Management. Down the left column find and click on Disk Management (with the external plugged in.) Right click on the drive then click on Change Drive Letter and Path. There you can set it permanently to H (so the CD drive won't change it) and that should take care of it. Any time you plug an external CD or flash drive in it will bump any external hard drives down the list because in Microsoft's infinite wisdom they have a higher priority.....thanks Bill!!