renaming a hard drive to "C"

dave

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Jan 30, 2005, 1:53:03 AM1/30/05

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I just installed a new hard drive. After re-installing XP my hard drive is
now drive "E". My XD card reader is now "C". I am having difficulty
re-installing some software... probably lookin for "C".

Anyone know how to rename my boot drive to "C"?

Thanks
Dave
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Andrew E.

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Jan 30, 2005, 2:55:04 AM1/30/05

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Try installing xp w/o any other storage drives connected but the drive you
want C: installed to.

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers

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Jan 30, 2005, 7:01:49 AM1/30/05

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Hi,

You can't without reloading. And, you

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Mikhail Zhilin

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Jan 30, 2005, 8:07:14 AM1/30/05

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You can't -- if not to reinstall the system in whole, as it is said
already. See:

"HOW TO Change the System Boot Drive Letter in Windows"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q223188

<quote>
Do not use the procedure that is described in this article to change a
drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed. If you do
so, you may not be able to start your operating system. Follow the
procedure that is described in this article only to recover from a drive
letter change, not to change an existing computer drive to something
else. Back up your registry keys before you make this change.
</quote>

But if you have the logical disks on the same HDD -- it is possible not
to reinstall WinXP, but change the letter of XD card reader (Control
Panel -- Administrative Tools -- Computer Management -- Storage -- Disk
Management) to something else, than change the letter of one of that
disks (if it has no programs installed on it) to C: and create the empty
"Windows" and "Program Files" folders on it -- what is enough usually to
have no problems with installation and other programs.

BTW, my both home computers use the letters (these letters are
different) other than C: for WinXP, but with the mentioned folders on C:
drive -- with no problems at all for several years.
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Rick "Nutcase" Rogers

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Jan 30, 2005, 7:04:00 AM1/30/05

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Hi,

Sorry, that first response was sent before I finished. Basically, you can't
without reinstalling, and you will need to disconnect the device that stole
the "C" designation while doing so. This frequently happens when removable
media is attached, zip drives are the most common. However, that doesn't
change what is - you can't change the drive letter assigned to the system or
boot volumes.

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Alex Nichol

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Jan 30, 2005, 9:43:01 AM1/30/05

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dave wrote:

>I just installed a new hard drive. After re-installing XP my hard drive is
>now drive "E". My XD card reader is now "C". I am having difficulty
>re-installing some software... probably lookin for "C".
>
>Anyone know how to rename my boot drive to "C"?

Not practical. The E letter will by now be pervasive in the registry.
It probably happened because you had some other device (and likely a Zip
drive) connected at the time of setup, which grabbed the C letter before
setup got at it. Start over. Have the device disconnected, and then in
the XP setup when it asks where hit ESC, delete the present partition.
At that point I would in this case reboot and at that stage make a new
partition, which should now be C

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Harry Ohrn

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Jan 30, 2005, 2:41:02 AM1/30/05

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Unfortunately you will have to partition and reinstall XP. The problem you
are seeing is due to leaving your card reader connected when you installed
XP. The BIOS assigned C to the USB cardreader and E to the hard drive. There
is no way to rename the hard drive to C now as many of the registry entries
point to "E". Do the clean install.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
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