Got a WinXP Problem. C: drive is E: drive

photoshop · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:34

Ok heres the problem. My HD recently died so i had to get another which i did and then i formatted and installed WinXP SP2 and at the time i did i had my other sata drive connected and after windows had installed the boot drive became "E: drive" and the SATA which is just a backup drive became "C: Drive". i changed the backup drive to F: drive but cannot change the E:drive (windows) to C: because it is a boot drive.

So now seeing as my windows drive is E: some software will not install and its giving me a headache. So now when i install any hardware that becomes C; drive and i have to change the letter in windows managment.

Is there anyway i can change the windows drive to C: ????

much appreciated.

bledd · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:36

reformat with all other drives disconnected

no other way to do it

markyb · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:38

bledd. said:
reformat with all other drives disconnected

no other way to do it

Yup, only way.

Ive done this loads of times when building PCs with card readers. Always disconnect before installing.

photoshop · 12 Nov 2006 at 20:40

oh dont say that dudes.
I just got my pc all setup and it took me 2 days on and off to get it right.

cheezuz christ

bledd · 12 Nov 2006 at 21:02

some programs claim to be able to do it, but with something as important as the os, its worth starting over, so you know its all working correctly