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Thread ID: 77714	2007-03-19 11:26:00	Changing Local Drive Letter Assignment	metatter (5929)	Press F1

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534366	2007-03-19 11:26:00	I have a drive that I have partitioned into two with "c" being the system drive and "d" for data etc. I have a second physical drive as "e". Had to reinstall XP yesterday but when I reformatted "c" as part of the installation, "d" became "c" and "e" became "d" and XP loaded onto "e". Can the drive assignment be changed through 'Disk Management'? Or is there another way I should have proceeded with the installation. It is likely that I will reinstall again so it doesn't matter if someone has a drastic remedy for me. Thanks.	metatter (5929)
534367	2007-03-19 12:09:00	I have had this happen before. It's annoying... I know. You couldn't change your drive allocation of C drive in Disk Managment. ( well I don't think so.) One workaround: To ensure it installs on to C Drive you could Delete all your partitions. Then install XP on to what ever size or the partition you want. leave the rest of the drive as unpartitioned. then once you have XP installed go into Disk Managment and Partition and Format the rest of the drive there.	radium (8645)
534368	2007-03-19 12:21:00	I have had this happen before. It's annoying... I know. You couldn't change your drive allocation of C drive in Disk Managment. ( well I don't think so.) One workaround: To ensure it installs on to C Drive you could Delete all your partitions. Then install XP on to what ever size or the partition you want. leave the rest of the drive as unpartitioned. then once you have XP installed go into Disk Managment and Partition and Format the rest of the drive there. Thanks, I did think of that but the remaining partition is 200gb (85% used) and I have no room on the other drive to back up onto. If I can't find another solution, I will buy another HD and back up on that but surely there must be a workaround. Fingers crossed. Cheers.	metatter (5929)
534369	2007-03-19 22:25:00	You can use the Disk Management tool.. Change all the drive letters to z: y: x: etc.... then assign the ones you want to c: d: e: etc... I've just had to do a re-install myself. HTH Al	estarriol (3131)
534370	2007-03-19 23:53:00	You can use the Disk Management tool.. e: italic; "> Change all the drive letters to z: e: italic; "> y: e: italic; "> x: etc.... e: italic; "> then assign the ones you want to c: e: italic; "> d: e: etc... I've just had to do a re-install myself. HTH Al How does this effect the programs etc, that are set to run from the original drive letter i.e., installed on, say "E" drive but then changed to "C", does the Disk Management tool reassign all the programs to run from "C" as well? Thanks.	metatter (5929)
534371	2007-03-20 00:52:00	Have a look at support.microsoft.com The standard I have always used C for main system, D for CD, E for second drive, F etc for partitions followed by external drives.The letters have all moved one down.Think the master C,D should have been completely formatted as suggested by radium.	FrankS (257)
534372	2007-03-20 01:07:00	Btw....what was B:drive ever assigned to? Floppy was A:drive wasn't it?	Nyuuji (5460)
534373	2007-03-20 01:28:00	Btw....what was B:drive ever assigned to? Floppy was A:drive wasn't it? A and B were both for floppies...when they were the "latest thing" and nobody would ever have need for anything else. It's an old hangover from the abacus days of the first pc's. Windows has a unique search device which will cruise thru your hdds if you re-letter them...and if it can't find it, it'll offer a substitute for what it is looking for. Funny thing is, it'll usually be what you re-lettered and it'll assign the pointer to it anyway after it asks permission first. Can you imagine the stack of 300+ floppies needed to install XP and SP-2?	SurferJoe46 (51)
534374	2007-03-20 01:35:00	2 late	PaulD (232)
534375	2007-03-20 02:31:00	You can use the Disk Management tool.. e: italic; "> Change all the drive letters to z: e: italic; "> y: e: italic; "> x: etc.... e: italic; "> then assign the ones you want to c: e: italic; "> d: e: etc... Yes Disk Manager will enable you to change Drive allocation letters But not Drive(s) that contain system files such as windows directory. You could try deleting the partitions that don't have the Data you want saved and just create a partion for your windows install. It may work. Other wise like you said you could get another drive and make that your primary hard drive.	radium (8645)
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