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More info?)
Thanks choro-nik,
r.
"choro-nik" <choro-nik@tvcom.net> wrote in message
news:C3N5d.93084$U04.60817@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> You can change drive letters as you described. The only snag is that you
> CANNOT re-assign another letter to the drive that has got Windows XP
> installed on it while it is active. A sort of Catch 22 situation. But if
> you want to reformat your hard disk anyway read on...
>
> I had this problem and my solution was to
> 1- physically disconnect the second hard disk and clear CMOS on the
> motherboard making sure the 2nd HD was still not SEEN to be there.
> 2- format the hard disk that had Windows on it
> 3- Reinstall Windows on the ONLY hard disk left connected
> 4- After everything is done and the system is back up and running,
> reconnect the second hard disk which will now automatically be given the
> next unused letter -- in my case a G.
> 5- Access the Console and re-assign letters to the various drives. Be
> smart here and think ! I had CDEF to contend with. You have to think
> ahead. I called my D a G which released the letter D which I could now use
> for my 2nd HD changing it from F to D. Get the idea?
>
> But having said all this, I know there IS an easier way to do this from
> the Console without having to reformat the HD and reinstall Windows. It is
> done by starting Windows FROM the CD and to do this you will have to
> enable CD start. F11 (?) as the computer starts. But you have to know what
> you are doing to use this method which is the easier neater solution to
> the problem. And you don't have to reformat the HD and reinstall Windows
> because when you enable CD start the HD is not active and its assigned
> letter can be changed. But you do have to know how to do this. I must
> admit I myself don't know how to do it the easy way.
>
> Maybe somebody can pinpoint us to a web-page that explains it all in
> detail.
>
> Good luck and have fun. And don't forget to take a couple of Aspirin or
> Paracetamol tablets before you start. <G>
> --
> choro-nik
> ********
> "namniar" <this@that> wrote in message
> news:%23ytUQmDpEHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Try this,
>> Right click My COmputer, select Manage, on directory tree select Storage
>> and Disk Management branch, right click on drive and select Change Drive
>> Letter or Path.
>>
>> r.
>>
>>
>>
>> <blugrass@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:2d6f01c4a367$2c414310$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> My dimension 4100 came with Windows ME installed. I
>>> recently added a 120GB drive. I put jumpers on the new
>>> drive and the old to "cable/select and put the new drive
>>> in the Master position on the cable and the old drive in
>>> the Slave position. I then put XP Home edition in cd
>>> drive and started computer. Everything came out fine
>>> except the old drive is still "C" and the new drive
>>> is "E". The computer boots up XP. How do I change the
>>> new drive to "C" and the old to "E".
>>
>>
>
>
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