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| Thread ID: 96280 | 2009-01-05 03:51:00 | No C: drive. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 735135 | 2009-01-05 03:51:00 | After "playing around" with my two HHDs, I no longer have a C: drive. My system drive is G: and what was C: is now M: I read somewhere from a Google search (and now can't find it) that it is possible to remove the G: entry from HKLM in the Vista registry and upon rebooting, C: will automatically be selected. I did use regedit to see what I could see but I couldn't find any references to the drive lettering. This is all foreign territory to me so can someone please advise me? What might happen if this works with the old path as G:\, will all of the paths automatically become C:\? Is there a better option? |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 735136 | 2009-01-05 04:02:00 | Didnt you ask this before ? (pressf1.co.nz) See If this removes the XP info on startup (neosmart.net) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 735137 | 2009-01-05 04:25:00 | Hi Speedy. Thanks for the input. Yes, I did ask previously in a round-a-bout way and I'm now confused. Maybe I should leave things alone with my System disk a G: and my second disk a M: Maybe when Windows 7 comes out my system disk will revert to C: |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 735138 | 2009-01-05 04:27:00 | You'll still have to format | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 735139 | 2009-01-05 05:40:00 | As a rule you can not change the system drive/partition Letter. You can change any non system drive/partition Letter with control panel/administrative tools/computer manager/disk manager. One way to avoid this happening is to only have one primary partition to install the system into. After the system is installed, create the other partitions as logical drives. You only need another primary if you are dual booting. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 735140 | 2009-01-05 07:46:00 | As a rule you can not change the system drive/partition Letter. wouldn't put money on that, there is a reg hack that allows you to just that and it works. |
beama (111) | ||
| 735141 | 2009-03-06 20:51:00 | There is a Reg hack to change the drive letters. Problem is if you change the system letter in the Register it does not boot. If anyone knows why, we could fix it! |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 735142 | 2009-03-07 00:39:00 | Just found out how to ensure that the OS you are about to install goes into "C" partition when you have more than one Primary partition. Boot with "Puppy Linux" open "GParted" partition manager. (Puppy Linux is free to download) Create the Primary partition which you wish to install to. Hide all the other partitions. Remove the Linux CD & insert the XP? CD Reboot. The unhidden partition will show as "C" All other partitions will be shown but listed as "unused" When installed, reboot with "Puppy Linux" Un-hide all partitions. Mount partition 2 (if that is were it is) click on the "boot.ini" file and edit it. (Change from default ptn1 to ptn2) Save. Un-mount partition2 & Mount ptn1 Edit "boot.ini" if required, default ptn1, 2nd choice ptn2 I use a boot manager "GAG" but "Boot Magic" is also good. It may only be necessary to hide the other Primary partitions. |
mzee (3324) | ||
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