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I dont know why my system drive is not C: it is F: I cant
change it is there a way that i can ?
 
This is copied from the HELP FILES on my pc. You can also read YOUR help
files for info on many problems.



To assign, change, or remove a drive letter

Using the Windows interface

1.. Open Computer Management (Local).
2.. In the console tree, click Disk Management.
Where?

a.. Computer Management (Local)
b.. Storage
c.. Disk Management
3.. Right-click a partition, logical drive, or volume, and then click
Change Drive Letter and Paths.
4.. Do one of the following:
a.. To assign a drive letter, click Add, click the drive letter you want
to use, and then click OK.
b.. To modify a drive letter, click it, click Change, click the drive
letter you want to use, and then click OK.
c.. To remove a drive letter, click it, and then click Remove.
Important

a.. Be careful when making drive-letter assignments because many MS-DOS
and Windows programs make references to a specific drive letter. For
example, the path environment variable shows specific drive letters in
conjunction with program names.
Notes

a.. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control
Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and
then double-click Computer Management.
b.. You must be logged on as a computer administrator in order to complete
this procedure.
c.. A computer can use up to 26 drive letters. Drive letters A and B are
reserved for floppy disk drives, but you can assign these letters to
removable drives if the computer does not have a floppy disk drive. Hard
disk drives in the computer receive letters C through Z, while mapped
network drives are assigned drive letters in reverse order (Z through B).
d.. You cannot change the drive letter of the system volume or boot
volume.
e.. An error message may appear when you attempt to assign a letter to a
volume, CD-ROM drive, or other removable media device, possibly because it
is in use by a program in the system. If this happens, close the program
accessing the volume or drive, and then click the Change Drive Letter and
Paths command again.
f.. Windows 2000 and Windows XP allow the static assignment of drive
letters on volumes, partitions, and CD-ROM drives. This means that you
permanently assign a drive letter to a specific partition, volume, or CD-ROM
drive. When you add a new hard disk to an existing computer system, it will
not affect statically assigned drive letters.
g.. You can also mount a local drive at an empty folder on an NTFS volume
using a drive path instead of a drive letter. For
 
pay attention to the REBOOTS

- 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 turn off page file, same as above, but select No Paging file and then clickthe SET button

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 dont know why my system drive is not C: it is F: I cant
change it is there a way that i can ?
 
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