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Sam87

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:48 am
Post subject: Change hard drive letter
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I just installed a new SATA drive after my old drive crashed. I've gotten XP
to load again and all most peripherals working. The problem is that now my
new boot drive is designated as "F". There is no "C". I could live with this
but by default I'm finding most programs are looking for the C drive for
installation. Does anyone know how I can change this to C? I'm thinking I'll
need to reformat, etc. but I'm not sure even if I do that it'll change this
to C. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

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Don Phillipson

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:59 pm
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> I just installed a new SATA drive after my old drive crashed. I've gotten
XP
> to load again and all most peripherals working. The problem is that now my
> new boot drive is designated as "F". There is no "C". I could live with
this
> but by default I'm finding most programs are looking for the C drive for
> installation. Does anyone know how I can change this to C?

You may be able to do this in / Control Panel / Devive Manager /Disk Drives.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:27 pm
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Disconnect any other hd drives including card readers
Run a repair installation of winxp

"Sam" wrote in message

>I just installed a new SATA drive after my old drive crashed. I've gotten
>XP
> to load again and all most peripherals working. The problem is that now my
> new boot drive is designated as "F". There is no "C". I could live with
> this
> but by default I'm finding most programs are looking for the C drive for
> installation. Does anyone know how I can change this to C? I'm thinking
> I'll
> need to reformat, etc. but I'm not sure even if I do that it'll change
> this
> to C. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.
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David B.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:48 pm
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Not with a system drive.

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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message

> "Sam" wrote in message
>
>
>> I just installed a new SATA drive after my old drive crashed. I've gotten
> XP
>> to load again and all most peripherals working. The problem is that now
>> my
>> new boot drive is designated as "F". There is no "C". I could live with
> this
>> but by default I'm finding most programs are looking for the C drive for
>> installation. Does anyone know how I can change this to C?
>
> You may be able to do this in / Control Panel / Devive Manager /Disk
> Drives.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>
>
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David B.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:48 pm
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A repair install will not change the drive letter.

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"DL" wrote in message

> Disconnect any other hd drives including card readers
> Run a repair installation of winxp
>
> "Sam" wrote in message
>
>>I just installed a new SATA drive after my old drive crashed. I've gotten
>>XP
>> to load again and all most peripherals working. The problem is that now
>> my
>> new boot drive is designated as "F". There is no "C". I could live with
>> this
>> but by default I'm finding most programs are looking for the C drive for
>> installation. Does anyone know how I can change this to C? I'm thinking
>> I'll
>> need to reformat, etc. but I'm not sure even if I do that it'll change
>> this
>> to C. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
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David B.

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:49 pm
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You need to disconnect any memory card readers/external drives, etc, format
and reinstall XP.

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"Sam" wrote in message

>I just installed a new SATA drive after my old drive crashed. I've gotten
>XP
> to load again and all most peripherals working. The problem is that now my
> new boot drive is designated as "F". There is no "C". I could live with
> this
> but by default I'm finding most programs are looking for the C drive for
> installation. Does anyone know how I can change this to C? I'm thinking
> I'll
> need to reformat, etc. but I'm not sure even if I do that it'll change
> this
> to C. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.
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