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Why is cd in Windows not able to switch between drives?
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Possible Duplicate: Using cd Command in Windows Command Line, Can’t Navigate to D:\ Why, just why, is in Windows so stupid and does not do what it's supposed to do in the situations like this: I know you can . But why is that not the default behavior?
Error Output
I:\Documents and Settings\blah\>cd C:\somedir\ I:\Documents and Settings\blah\>
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Fix for: Why is cd in Windows not able to switch between drives?
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This is by design. Each "drive" has it's own working directory. You can use , or you can simply type the drive letter: And that will change to the D drive. If you want to know why this behavior exists, see Raymond Chen's Explanation
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