Insert disk into DeviceHarddiskDR1

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The Stop message ... "There is no disk in the drive.
Please insert a disk into drive\Devices\Harddisk1\DR1" ...
Appears when I try to use Adaware or Spybot..
My Hard Disk drive letter is F: ..and .. My Zip drive letter is C:
I can remove the Stop message and run Adaware and Spybot,
if I put a blank formatted Zip disk into the C: drive.
It looks as if I need to try to change the drive letters over.
The process is described in Help and Support, but
will changing the Hard Disk drive from F: to C:
(C: to V ... Cancel C: ... F: to C: Cancel F)
screw up my current system?
Would you advise "If it works don't mend it".
Would you advise going into Safe Mode to do the change.

 

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:19:44 GMT, Longfellow wrote:

> The Stop message ... "There is no disk in the drive.
> Please insert a disk into drive\Devices\Harddisk1\DR1" ...
> Appears when I try to use Adaware or Spybot..
> My Hard Disk drive letter is F: ..and .. My Zip drive letter is C:
> I can remove the Stop message and run Adaware and Spybot,
> if I put a blank formatted Zip disk into the C: drive.
> It looks as if I need to try to change the drive letters over.
> The process is described in Help and Support, but
> will changing the Hard Disk drive from F: to C:
> (C: to V ... Cancel C: ... F: to C: Cancel F)
> screw up my current system?
> Would you advise "If it works don't mend it".
> Would you advise going into Safe Mode to do the change.

Those directions work for non-system drives. You cannot change the letter
of the drive that holds Windows. Suggest using your workaround (blank disk
in zip drive) for now. When/if the time comes that you are going to
reinstall everything, disconnect the zip drive during Windows setup so that
it doesn't steal C: again. Once Windows is reinstalled, reattach the zip
drive so that it can be assigned its own (and more appropriate) drive
letter.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

 

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Thanks Sharon for the prompt reply.
I understand that the simple way to correct the problem
is to format the hard disk and re-install XP (Assuming
back ups, drivers, CD's are available, of course).
If I can find someone of experience to help ...
would it be possible to use the "Files and Settings
Transfer Wizard" and spare hard disk on another
XP computer ?
If so, is there a web page to give me some tips,
particularly what cannot be transferred?
Regards.

"Longfellow" <longfellow@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> The Stop message ... "There is no disk in the drive.
> Please insert a disk into drive\Devices\Harddisk1\DR1" ...
> Appears when I try to use Adaware or Spybot..
> My Hard Disk drive letter is F: ..and .. My Zip drive letter is C:
> I can remove the Stop message and run Adaware and Spybot,
> if I put a blank formatted Zip disk into the C: drive.
> It looks as if I need to try to change the drive letters over.
> The process is described in Help and Support, but
> will changing the Hard Disk drive from F: to C:
> (C: to V ... Cancel C: ... F: to C: Cancel F)
> screw up my current system?
> Would you advise "If it works don't mend it".
> Would you advise going into Safe Mode to do the change.
>
>
>
>

 

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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:21:57 GMT, Longfellow wrote:

> Thanks Sharon for the prompt reply.
> I understand that the simple way to correct the problem
> is to format the hard disk and re-install XP (Assuming
> back ups, drivers, CD's are available, of course).
> If I can find someone of experience to help ...
> would it be possible to use the "Files and Settings
> Transfer Wizard" and spare hard disk on another
> XP computer ?
> If so, is there a web page to give me some tips,
> particularly what cannot be transferred?
> Regards.

No tool that I know of. Changing the drive letter of the operating system
is more complicated than it sounds. Countless registry entries, location of
shared files, etc.

There are tools that do a good job moving XP to a drive that is intended to
replace the original but that's a different kettle of fish.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User