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887411 2010-05-23 08:13:00 ok. for some reason in xp pro my boot drive is D: and my secondary is C:

any simple way to fix this?

i tried changing it in disk manager but it woulnt allow me to change the boot drive. do i need 2 boot into safe mode or is some software needed?
goodiesguy (15316)
887412 2010-05-23 08:24:00 Only prob with that, if you've installed any programs on D and you change it to C (if you can), whatever programs you've installed may not work Speedy Gonzales (78)
887413 2010-05-23 08:27:00 that dosent matter, i can fix that by going into the properties of the shortcuts at putting a c where the d is. it wont take too long goodiesguy (15316)
887414 2010-05-23 08:31:00 OK. Go fix it then. Sweep (90)
887415 2010-05-23 08:35:00 that dosent matter, i can fix that by going into the properties of the shortcuts at putting a c where the d is. it wont take too long

It's not that easy. Since most programs also put info in the registry. You would have to go into the registry and change all the entries the programs have added
Speedy Gonzales (78)
887416 2010-05-23 08:39:00 It may have helped if the OP had said what partitions are on the drive(s) and whether extended or primary and etc. Sweep (90)
887417 2010-05-23 08:40:00 im not worried. i just need to know how to change the drive letters. i can reinstall the little software i have. the games arent that important goodiesguy (15316)
887418 2010-05-23 08:41:00 they are separate hard drives. the boot drive is a 120gb but it shows as 116gb. an the secondary is 160gb and shows as 149gb goodiesguy (15316)
887419 2010-05-23 08:56:00 they are separate hard drives. the boot drive is a 120gb but it shows as 116gb. an the secondary is 160gb and shows as 149gb

Which is fairly normal but says nothing about how the drives are partitioned.
Sweep (90)
887420 2010-05-23 08:57:00 they were partitioned during the DOS stage of the xp setup. using ntfs goodiesguy (15316)
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