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| Thread ID: 51634 | 2004-11-25 23:55:00 | where has my c: drive gone?? | dibbly (5461) | Press F1 |
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| 296485 | 2004-11-25 23:55:00 | hi all i did a "Repair" installation of xp pro and now i have no C: partition any more, but a nice new D: one instead. Everything 'seems' to be running ok BUT i have just tried to install new m/board drivers and xp is throwing up an error about no C: drive and then quits.... has anyone any idea how i can get round this?? |
dibbly (5461) | ||
| 296486 | 2004-11-26 00:00:00 | you could try right clik 'my computer' then clik 'manage' then clik 'disk management' then right clik the d: then clik 'change drive letter and paths'........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 296487 | 2004-11-26 00:28:00 | excellent!!! will give it a go an let u know how i get on | dibbly (5461) | ||
| 296488 | 2004-11-26 00:34:00 | errr....when i clicked "change" i got this: "Windows cannot modify the drive letter of your system volume or boot volume" when i clicked "add" the only available option was to "mount in the following empty ntfs folder". any clues??? |
dibbly (5461) | ||
| 296489 | 2004-11-26 00:37:00 | bugger.........ah..........if you have it i have a feelign that partition magic will also modify a drive letter..............or.......I had a similar problem one time so i ghostimaged the drive then wrote it back to the C: partition........where it seemed to become c: quite happily....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 296490 | 2004-11-26 00:46:00 | ok... i have 40gb drive with a partition of 10gb for opsys and prog files and a 30gig for data....which i am now in the middle of formatting. It has decided to give itself drive letter "C"!! Now, is this gonna end up causing probs....with the first partition "D:" and the second one "C:"??? Have cancelled out of the format and changed drive letter from C to G, until i know exactly what i'm gonna *naff*!!! :) |
dibbly (5461) | ||
| 296491 | 2004-11-26 00:52:00 | oh... i do have ghost 2003 installed but have never been quite confident enough to give it a go....so if i read your post right all i need to do is create a ghost image of my drive, then .......i got a bit lost after that!!!!...when i do the image i presume i need to save it to my 2nd partition????then put it onto my first partition which i rename to "C" somehow??? |
dibbly (5461) | ||
| 296492 | 2004-11-26 00:55:00 | You can change the system drive letter easily, by using a registry edit. This page (support.microsoft.com) at Microsoft.com shows how. Cheers George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 296493 | 2004-11-26 00:58:00 | um...This is getting out of hand,Just do your format or whatever, Then use the disc managment tool built into XP to change the drive letters. This is what its designed to do. Mountains and molehills..... |
metla (154) | ||
| 296494 | 2004-11-26 01:35:00 | > Then use the disc managment tool built into XP to > change the drive letters . as previously mentioned above . . . . "Windows cannot modify the drive letter of your system volume or boot volume" > This is what its designed to do . something that does what its sposed to ???? with m$ - dat funny!!! > Mountains and molehills . . . . . maybe for u metla but not for noobs like me |
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