Change boot drive letter

[Cat Food]

I had a dual boot syastem, Windows XP SP1 on Drive E (Second Partition
Drive 0) and Windows Server 2003 on Drive C (First partition Drive 0)
My XP SP1 file system became over time corrupted due to a bad memory
stick to the p?int that it was not recognized as a selection to
restore any more from the CD. I decided to go completely with Windows
2003 server. Everything works fine, however 2003 now thinks it is
Drive E and not drive C! I changed all the programs in my groups to
look for the correct drive letter (a pain), but I would like it to be
correct! Starting the computer from the Recovery Console from the
hard drive (I had installed it earlier before I eliminated XP) shows
my system is indeed installed on the first partition. Why does it
insist itself to be drive E and how can I fix it to be C?

Note: Windows cannot modify the drive letter of the system volume or
Boot Volume.


Any help appreciated, I do not want to format and start over.
Thanks.


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[Will Denny]

Hi

You will need to edit the Registry. The following link may help you, =
but please be advised that you try this method at your own risk - some =
people have stated that, after using this method, their system has then =
been unbootable - the article is for W2K, but applies to XP as well:

"HOW TO: Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-US;Q223188

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


"Cat Food" > wrote in message =
...
> I had a dual boot syastem, Windows XP SP1 on Drive E (Second Partition
> Drive 0) and Windows Server 2003 on Drive C (First partition Drive 0)
> My XP SP1 file system became over time corrupted due to a bad memory
> stick to the p?int that it was not recognized as a selection to
> restore any more from the CD. I decided to go completely with Windows
> 2003 server. Everything works fine, however 2003 now thinks it is
> Drive E and not drive C! I changed all the programs in my groups to
> look for the correct drive letter (a pain), but I would like it to be
> correct! Starting the computer from the Recovery Console from the
> hard drive (I had installed it earlier before I eliminated XP) shows
> my system is indeed installed on the first partition. Why does it
> insist itself to be drive E and how can I fix it to be C?
>=20
> Note: Windows cannot modify the drive letter of the system volume or
> Boot Volume.
>=20
>=20
> Any help appreciated, I do not want to format and start over.
> Thanks.
>=20
>=20
> <a href=3D"http://www.giganews.com/customer/gn41716">Signup for a free =
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[Cat Food]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:23:50 -0000, "Will Denny" >
inscribed in the book of TUNA:

@!!Hi
@!!
@!!You will need to edit the Registry. The following link may help
you, but please be advised that you try this method at your own risk -
some people have stated that, after using this method, their system
has then been unbootable - the article is for W2K, but applies to XP
as well:
@!!
@!!"HOW TO: Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows"
@!!http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q223188



Thanks alot! I will try this by this weekend when I have lots of time
in the case I have to reinstall. Either way, I will have to change
all the shortcuts back to the correct drive letter again. I will try
the program COA, I saw recommended in this group to save time.
Again THANKS!


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[Cat Food]

Worked! Rebooted, I could not log on as predicted by the MSKB223188,
so I reinstalled with the repair option. I then used COA2 to restore
the drive associations in my links and registry. I used Windows
Update to bring everything back and everything works as before, all my
programs work and I lost nothing!
Thanks, Again!








On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:28:25 -0300, Cat Food >
inscribed in the book of TUNA:

@!!On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:23:50 -0000, "Will Denny"
>
@!!inscribed in the book of TUNA:
@!!
@!!@!!Hi
@!!@!!
@!!@!!You will need to edit the Registry. The following link may help
@!!you, but please be advised that you try this method at your own
risk -
@!!some people have stated that, after using this method, their system
@!!has then been unbootable - the article is for W2K, but applies to
XP
@!!as well:
@!!@!!
@!!@!!"HOW TO: Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows"
?scid=kb;EN-US;Q223188
@!!
@!!
@!!
@!!Thanks alot! I will try this by this weekend when I have lots of
time
@!!in the case I have to reinstall. Either way, I will have to change
@!!all the shortcuts back to the correct drive letter again. I will
try
@!!the program COA, I saw recommended in this group to save time.
@!!Again THANKS!
@!!
@!!
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free newsgroups trial with Giganews!</a>



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