Rename C Drive. Help Please

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Paul Woodsford

My PC, WinXPHome SP2 has 2 HD's,
C with XP
2nd HD partitioned into D,E,F,G,H as a data drive.
The C HD failed, I have replaced it and reinstalled XP but it has named it
J.
How can I rename it C before I reinstall my software?
Any help much appreciated.

Paul Woodsford
 
Hi Paul,

You need to disconnect your 2 nd drive and re-install XP to your "O" drive.
Also, disconnect all peripheral devices except your mouse, keyboard, and
monitor before installing XP.

HTH, JAX
 
Paul said:
My PC, WinXPHome SP2 has 2 HD's,
C with XP
2nd HD partitioned into D,E,F,G,H as a data drive.
The C HD failed, I have replaced it and reinstalled XP but it has
named it J.
How can I rename it C before I reinstall my software?
Any help much appreciated.

Paul Woodsford
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Log on as The Administrator, go to Control Panel-Administrative Tools,
choose Computer management, and go to Disk management. Right click on the
"J" drive, and an option to change drive letter and path should appear.

HTH
 
That doesn't work with the OS drive. There is no internal method for
changing the boot drive letter within XP, with an exception a way that is
far more complicated than re-installing XP.

JAX
 
Thanks JAX.
You were correct. Cannot change Boot Drive letter in XP.
Did as you suggested and all is well.
Thanks.
 
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