Reassign Drive Names

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You can not change the drive designation of the Windows partition. You are
in for a complete format/install. Boot from the Windows XP CD. Follow the
prompts. Make sure you are installing to drive C:

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"phal" <phal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I put a fresh install on a compaq presario 2.2gh, 512 m. ram, WinXP
> For some reason on last fresh install the computer dicided that what is
> normally my C: drive would be better off being named I:.
> Now all of the downloads I try cancel because c: drive has been assigned
> to
> a removeable drive that is not there.
> How do I change my drive names back?
> Thanks...gary

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No, this often happens when a ZIP drive is installed in the computer, even if there is no media in it. In this case, disconnect the ZIP drive (or similar drive) and format and reinstall.

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"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message newsYVky5LhFHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> That is amazing. I'd say you installed a copy of Windows XP not on the
> drive that you are booting from. You can use Drive Manager to change the
> drive letters of all drives except the one Windows XP is using. If you can
> change the drive letter of the one that is currently C drive well now that's
> a new one on me.
>
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> "phal" <phal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30BF9BF0-8C0A-4961-856F-684C70E49CA5@microsoft.com...
>> I put a fresh install on a compaq presario 2.2gh, 512 m. ram, WinXP
>> For some reason on last fresh install the computer dicided that what is
>> normally my C: drive would be better off being named I:.
>> Now all of the downloads I try cancel because c: drive has been assigned
> to
>> a removeable drive that is not there.
>> How do I change my drive names back?
>> Thanks...gary
>