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dswena   04-17-2009 at 07:32:00 PM

My Vista Ultimate installation rapidly became quite unstable. I needed a larger drive anyway so I installed a WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA drive. I installed Vista onto it without removing my "C" drive. Now I have a Vista boot drive designated as the "D" drive. Will that create any issues for me? Should I go back and remove the old drive and reinstall Vista so it has a "C" drive designation?

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pinaplex   04-17-2009 at 07:56:55 PM
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it will be easier in the long run if you do it now, since its a new install. it's just less confusing thats all. but everything should run fine with the boot drive as D:. I would do it.

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dswena   04-17-2009 at 08:09:14 PM
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Is it possible to swap the letter designations without reinstalling Vista?

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Lee-m   04-18-2009 at 12:26:47 AM
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use computer management under control panel > admin tools
start the disk manager. Right click the drive blocks for naming/lettter changes

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dswena   04-18-2009 at 12:43:16 AM
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I tried using disk manager but it wouldn't let me change the boot drive letter, in fact, it wouldn't let me change the letter of the current C drive that has the old damaged OS on it but isn't the current boot drive.

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pinaplex   04-18-2009 at 01:06:54 AM
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the disk manager won't let you change drive letters if the partition has system files on it. so the only way to have it as your C drive is to reinstall without the old drive attached.

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dswena   04-18-2009 at 01:48:06 AM
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Thanks so much for your help!
Dennis

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