Drive C = D? How do I change it back?

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Kristopher

I need to be able to change the drive letter assignment
of the my boot volume. How ever disk managment will not
let me. I also tried via command line.

Any suggestions.
 
One cannot change the drive letter of the boot volume.
You'll need to start from scratch and delete all partitions,
create new ones and reinstall XP.

Drive Letters Change Unexpectedly When You Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326683


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Nicholas

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| I need to be able to change the drive letter assignment
| of the my boot volume. How ever disk managment will not
| let me. I also tried via command line.
|
| Any suggestions.
|
 
If drive letter c: is in use, you won't be able to change
d: to c:, you will have to assign another drive letter to
c: first to make it available. you may have to reboot.
Then you can change it d: to c: and then go back and
assign a drive letter for the one you previously changed.
 
Ya, their right. I tried doing it with Partion Magic, and
it appears it will let me do that (change the boot\volume
drive letter from c: to what ever). However I did not
continue as I can't be doing that on this pc. If faced
with a clean install, I would backup stuff first and give
it a whirl, no harm done if it works or doesn't.
 
- Change Disk Drive Letters

First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the

boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab | Settings

under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE

button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and click on SET.

set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.

to disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate tab.

THEN REBOOT and

Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk

Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to change

and select the Change Letter option.

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the

drive it was on originally.

XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.



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I need to be able to change the drive letter assignment
of the my boot volume. How ever disk managment will not
let me. I also tried via command line.

Any suggestions.
 
You're a bitch Cuntsundra

*Editied for content ;)*
Dear Card Carrying Bitch,
I don't understand why you post. Too often you are rude
and not helpful at all

Here's what I mean:
-Lines marked with an * are part of the original post.
-My comments are in brackets

*felix figueroa wrote:
*> I was just wondering what the blue hilighted text meant
*> when im looking in my folders...recently modified?
*
*
*It means that, in the time it took you to compose this
post you could have
*searched the group and found your answer.

(WTF is your problem, if he wants to post, then that's
his choice. I WOULD agree with you, if I had seen this
question repeadily posted)


*William wrote:
*> You probably registered your copy but did not activate,
*> it is two different things, maybe you should just give
it
*> a try and activate or activate again, otherwise contact
*> microsoft.
*
*Err, no. If she had merely registered, but not
activated, then she would not
*receive an "already activated" message. She is not
seeing the activation
*box, so how can she activate. Do you actually read
questions before
*responding, or do you just post the first thing that
pops into your head?

(Talk about being b***hy)


*Rat Garton wrote:
*> when I go on line no matter ware after I have finished
and wish to
*> close down I can not I have use windows task manager
and that
*> struggles to close it down any I deas to solve this
prob I am a
*> complete novice so if you can help please try to keep
it simple ty
*
*
*Please come back after you have attended those remedial
English classes
*especially the ones dealing with sentence construction
and punctuation. I am
*not even going to bother to decipher that until you
insert some proper
*punctuation.

(You may have a point, but if you're not going to answer
his question, then don't post. Let the people who will
spend the 5 seconds to try to understand what he's saying
help him)


*Linda wrote:
*> have upgraded msn messenger and cant get it to work,
nor
*> my old version. Also my system restore will not work
in
*> XP. Any advice?
*
*Please read http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm and learn
how to submit a good
*post. When you have read it, follow the advice and post
back.

(Once again, if you're not going to answer her question,
then don't post. Let the people who will spend the 5
seconds to try to understand what she's saying help her)


*Bruce Chambers wrote:
*> Greetings --
*>
*> Sure. Rename or delete the C:\Boot.ini file, and
the PC will have
*> problems booting. This is what you want to happen, or
else you
*> wouldn't have asked, right?
*>
*> Bruce Chambers
*>
*> Help us help you:
*>
*>
*> ----
*> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
*> having both at once. -- RAH
*
*I guess I should stop being surprised at how stupid some
people can be, eh?
*;o)

(Oh you can both go f**k yourselfs. The man was confused
about what this file was. Last time i checked, these
groups were for people with questions about a Microsoft
product or service)


*Rajesh K m wrote:
*> Hi,
*> Kindly feed me with answers for the following
questions.
*>
*> How many monitors can you connect to Windows XP Home
*> Edition at a time?
*>
*> What function of Windows XP Home Edition helps serve
*> broadband connection to be shared over the internet?
*>
*> What feature of Windows XP Home Edition help share
*> Internet connection over two or more PC?
*>
*> What is an analog USB audio/video capture device
called in
*> Windows XP Home Edition?
*>
*> Which feature in Windows XP Home Edition greatly
improves
*> the reliability of the system?
*>
*> Please reply me as soon as possible at
*> (e-mail address removed)
*> Thanks
*
*
*These groups are for people with real problems, not lazy
pubescents wanting
*someone to do their IT homework for them. Do the
research yourself you lazy
*cretin!

(As you like to say, 'err no', these groups are for
people with any questions about a Microsoft product or
service, regardless of severity. Maybe if YOU weren't so
lazy, you would help him.)



THE FOLLOWING ONE WAS BY FAR THE RUDEST:

*Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
*> Greetings Alan,
*>
*> Instead of choosing just Stop, in that window,
select "Messenger",
*> right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup
type, choose
*> 'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After
the service is
*stopped,
*> click OK.
*>
*> After this, you won't need to stop it at every reboot.
*> ____________________________________________
*> Jonathan Kay
*> Windows MVP, Messenger
*> Associate Expert
*> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
*> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
*>
*> *>> To stop the new brand of pop ups,such as those from
end
*>> ads.com. Go to control panel, open admin tools , then
*>> click on services- scroll down thru the list to
*>> messenger ,right click and select-STOP.This disables
the
*>> service,-not sure if u have to do this everytime u
boot
*>> up. Don t seem to be any adverse side effects but if u
*>> have trouble with any other services try re enabling
*>> messenger.Good luck!!
*
*Still peddling the same old tripe I see. You can't teach
kids anything these
*days.

(Hey b***h, at least he helps many people, and POLITELY)


AND BELIEVE ME, THERE WERE MANY MORE!

So join hands and call out, "Get the d**do out of your
a** Cass"

And i will continue to post these messages untill you publicly apologize to
the people you have offended.
 
Hey Mikey, have you successfully changed the boot drive designation using this procedure? Just wondering if it really works. I'm sure you'd have to follow up with a registry search to change all program references from old_drive:\ to new_drive:\.
- Change Disk Drive Letters

First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the

boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab | Settings

under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE

button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and click on SET.

set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.

to disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate tab.

THEN REBOOT and

Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk

Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to change

and select the Change Letter option.

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the

drive it was on originally.

XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.



(e-mail address removed)



I need to be able to change the drive letter assignment
of the my boot volume. How ever disk managment will not
let me. I also tried via command line.

Any suggestions.
 
YES I have used it and continue to do so as I have to rebuild XP pro monthly. install and uninstall a lot of stuff. BETA testing.


by following the procedure the system automatically adjusts registry settings for you.



(e-mail address removed)



Hey Mikey, have you successfully changed the boot drive designation using this procedure? Just wondering if it really works. I'm sure you'd have to follow up with a registry search to change all program references from old_drive:\ to new_drive:\.
- Change Disk Drive Letters

First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the

boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab | Settings

under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE

button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and click on SET.

set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.

to disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate tab.

THEN REBOOT and

Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk

Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to change

and select the Change Letter option.

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the

drive it was on originally.

XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.



(e-mail address removed)



I need to be able to change the drive letter assignment
of the my boot volume. How ever disk managment will not
let me. I also tried via command line.

Any suggestions.
 
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