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I installed a new hard drive, and somehow the drive that was drive c: is now drive d:, and my new drive is drive c: . I want to switch it back, is there an easy way to do that?
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
Hi,
How did you install the drive? What position (master/slave)? Which cable?
How was it jumpered? Did you move the original drive at al during this?
It is difficult to cause this error (relettering of the system drive) to
happen, so whatever you did, part of it needs to be undone. Precisely what
depends on how you got where you are.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
there an easy way to do that?
How did you install the drive? What position (master/slave)? Which cable?
How was it jumpered? Did you move the original drive at al during this?
It is difficult to cause this error (relettering of the system drive) to
happen, so whatever you did, part of it needs to be undone. Precisely what
depends on how you got where you are.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
now drive d:, and my new drive is drive c: . I want to switch it back, isKavi said:I installed a new hard drive, and somehow the drive that was drive c: is
there an easy way to do that?
R
R. C. White
Hi, Kavi.
As Rick Rogers said, it was caused by your HD configuration at the time you
installed WinXP. The most common cause of getting a drive letter other and
C: is that a second HD, containing an Active "bootable" primary partition
was connected at the time WinXP Setup was running. And, as he also said, it
ain't easy to fix - unless you consider starting over easy.
Be sure that ONLY your new HD is physically installed and enabled. Boot
from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts, including the early one to
repartition and format at least the System Partition (and, if different, the
Boot Volume). After WinXP is up and running, shut down and install any
additional HDs. Then reboot, find the built-in utility Disk Management and
use it to create, format and otherwise manage any additional volumes you
need.
Disk Management (type diskmgmt.msc at the Run prompt) can do just about
anything you need done to your drives, but it cannot change the letters of
your System Partition or your Boot Volume. The only good way to do that is
to reinstall.
RC
As Rick Rogers said, it was caused by your HD configuration at the time you
installed WinXP. The most common cause of getting a drive letter other and
C: is that a second HD, containing an Active "bootable" primary partition
was connected at the time WinXP Setup was running. And, as he also said, it
ain't easy to fix - unless you consider starting over easy.
Be sure that ONLY your new HD is physically installed and enabled. Boot
from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts, including the early one to
repartition and format at least the System Partition (and, if different, the
Boot Volume). After WinXP is up and running, shut down and install any
additional HDs. Then reboot, find the built-in utility Disk Management and
use it to create, format and otherwise manage any additional volumes you
need.
Disk Management (type diskmgmt.msc at the Run prompt) can do just about
anything you need done to your drives, but it cannot change the letters of
your System Partition or your Boot Volume. The only good way to do that is
to reinstall.
RC