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More info?)
Your welcome and glad to see you are trying to make lemonade 8^)
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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"Linda Scherzer" <LindaScherzer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8638ACD-57A5-4B03-81A4-86B08DB52BD0@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. That's about what I've come to see. There are a number of things
> this will clear up as well. So it won't really be a wasted effort.
>
> Thanks again.
> Linda
>
>
> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
>
>> You will need to clean install XP . Ensure you don't have a zip drive or
>> a
>> usb drive connected when you setup XP. If so the zip or usb drive is
>> assigned the drive letter C by the BIOS when you boot. When XP is
>> installed
>> it ends up being assigned another drive letter. There is no way to change
>> the drive letter short of doing a clean install .
>>
>> --
>>
>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>
>>
>> "Linda Scherzer" <Linda Scherzer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:306684FF-70D9-4A56-BD34-AFC774692380@microsoft.com...
>> > The default installation drive got set to D instead of C. Now when
>> > users
>> > install software if they're not careful it goes to a very small D
>> > partition
>> > and fills it up.
>> >
>> > How can I change it back to C?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Linda Scherzer
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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