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| Thread ID: 89469 | 2008-05-01 08:00:00 | Disk Drives In Wrong Order: How To Change? | gkar (5215) | Press F1 |
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| 664640 | 2008-05-01 09:25:00 | Thanks for you're efforts on my part, Speedy. But it looks like it won't work as I've never changed the drive letters. They were set up that way when I installed Windows. Here's an excerpt from the page" 'Warning 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.' |
gkar (5215) | ||
| 664641 | 2008-05-01 23:58:00 | It has nothing to do with which port the drive is on. So long as you installed to a certain drive first, before the others had been assigned a drive letter, then XP makes that one C:. However if something already exists or you delete c: while there are other drives/partitions then WIndows makes it whatever the next drive letter would be. There is a way to fix it. You need JustBoot Corrector. It works really well. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 664642 | 2008-05-02 09:43:00 | It has nothing to do with which port the drive is on. So long as you installed to a certain drive first, before the others had been assigned a drive letter, then XP makes that one C:. However if something already exists or you delete c: while there are other drives/partitions then WIndows makes it whatever the next drive letter would be. There is a way to fix it. You need JustBoot Corrector. It works really well. I agree with you're comment, however tell my system that. Everytime I adjust the HDD SATA connectors it won't: just get 'boot from CD/DVD' & 'remove media', can't remember exact prompt. Thanks for the app suggestion. Looks like it would be great: just can't justify $25-$30 for a once off. Think I'll live with the situation for now after my hours of hardware grief. Might revisit it later after I've enjoyed the new setup for a while.:thanks |
gkar (5215) | ||
| 664643 | 2008-05-02 12:28:00 | How about if you disconnect all the drives and then connect only the OS drive and restart, or have you tried that? (Actually, I dont know if that would 're-letter' your drive, worth a try tho ;)) | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 664644 | 2008-05-02 20:27:00 | How about if you disconnect all the drives and then connect only the OS drive and restart, or have you tried that? (Actually, I dont know if that would 're-letter' your drive, worth a try tho ;)) Cheers for the suggestion: yes, I have tried that, too. Damn. There are a couple of repair options that I found I can try, plus using the JustBoot Corrector info to adjust the drives' configs manually. | gkar (5215) | ||
| 664645 | 2008-05-02 22:18:00 | Try This (support.microsoft.com) You have to edit the registry Altho its risky doing this, even if you follow the site, it may screw things up Just so you know, Speedy, I tried the manual editing of the mounted devices. It hung on OS load. Thanks anyway. :( |
gkar (5215) | ||
| 664646 | 2008-05-02 22:23:00 | Halfway there. I used the repair console to both 'fixboot c:\' & 'fixmbr c:\' after swapping the SATA cable to what should be their correct slots. I can now boot into windows but the drives are still incorrectly lettered. :badpc: Oh well, if it p & *^es me off enough, I may spend the money on JustBoot corrector, after all. Query: If I use JBBC & reset the drive letters, will I have reapply my Windows Updates & programmes using this existing drive config for functioning? |
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