nausicaa

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this may be a simple question, but how can i change/assign drive letters on a partitioned hd prior to installing the os? i partitioned a secondary drive the other day:
i inserted an empty partition at the beginning (for os), switched jumpers to make it a master, plugged it in as the only drive, and began winxp installation.
the 2nd partition (with stuff on it) was assigned C: and the 1st partition (empty) was assigned D:. this isn't the first time this has happened to me...and i dont want to delete the 2nd partition and lose the info.
i know about disk management...but i don't think you can change the assigned drive letter of the installed os...so is there a way to do this before installation?
thankx

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khha4113

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Use FDisk (or similar software) to make the <b>1st partition</b> active (it has to be <b>Primary</b>), then install WinXP. It will be recognized as C:

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