Drive letters

[Robert]

Did you just reinstall your OS or did you start over by
formating you HD?
Look at the size of your "I" drive. Compared to your HD
is it unusually small?
-----Original Message-----
>Hello All,
>
>I've just had to reinstall my copy of XP Pro after a
hard drive failure and
>all has gone well but... the drive letter for my system
drive is now 'I'.
>I've tried to fix it through Windows and it tells me I
can't change the
>system drive letter. How do I get it back to 'C'.
>
>Any suggestions gratefully received.
>
>Martin
>
>
>
>.
>

[Martin Osborne]

Hi Robert,

No it's a fresh hard drive after the last one developed a SMART error and
finally gave up the ghost.

All I did was place the XP cd in the drive, let it find the unformatted
space, did a full format and let it go. Should/could I do something to
ensure the correct drive letters during install?

Martin

"Robert" > wrote in message
...
> Did you just reinstall your OS or did you start over by
> formating you HD?
> Look at the size of your "I" drive. Compared to your HD
> is it unusually small?
> -----Original Message-----
> >Hello All,
> >
> >I've just had to reinstall my copy of XP Pro after a
> hard drive failure and
> >all has gone well but... the drive letter for my system
> drive is now 'I'.
> >I've tried to fix it through Windows and it tells me I
> can't change the
> >system drive letter. How do I get it back to 'C'.
> >
> >Any suggestions gratefully received.
> >
> >Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[mrtee]

You didn't say that in the original post.

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Just my 2=A2 worth
Jeff
_____in response to_____
"Martin Osborne" > wrote in message =
...
| Hi Robert,
|=20
| No it's a fresh hard drive after the last one developed a SMART error =
and
| finally gave up the ghost.
|=20
| All I did was place the XP cd in the drive, let it find the =
unformatted
| space, did a full format and let it go. Should/could I do something to
| ensure the correct drive letters during install?
|=20
| Martin



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[Martin Osborne]

Hi Jeff,

What differance does it make? Would Partition Magic do the trick?

Martin


"mrtee" <hingelickeratnew.rr.com> wrote in message
...
You didn't say that in the original post.

--
Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
_____in response to_____
"Martin Osborne" > wrote in message
...
| Hi Robert,
|
| No it's a fresh hard drive after the last one developed a SMART error and
| finally gave up the ghost.
|
| All I did was place the XP cd in the drive, let it find the unformatted
| space, did a full format and let it go. Should/could I do something to
| ensure the correct drive letters during install?
|
| Martin



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[mrtee]

You still had the old drive attached while installing XP by the sound of =
it. So apparently you didn't try to do a repair install so XP had it =
still listed as a C drive that is why the new system drive letter. IMHO =
the best way for you to get the C drive letter back is to save your data =
=BB only have the new HDD in place =BB format the HDD =BB reinstall =
everything =BB copy the data back.

I have no thoughts about Partition Magic, I use products from =
www.acronis.com.

There are too many registry entries that point to I to make any other =
course worth the time and effort.


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Jeff
_____in response to_____
"Martin Osborne" > wrote in message =
...
| Hi Jeff,
|=20
| What differance does it make? Would Partition Magic do the trick?
|=20
| Martin



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[Martin Osborne]

Hello,

No I didn't have the old drive in, it had failed totally and had to be
junked. The drive in there was it's replacement. I had tried to do a repair
on the old drive when I started getting errors and before the SMART error
appeared and it all just hung and quite quickly after that the whole thing
failed.

I understand what you're saying but what I am worried about is that it will
happen again (and again etc.). How do I stop it?

Any tips...

Martin

"mrtee" <hingelickeratnew.rr.com> wrote in message
...
You still had the old drive attached while installing XP by the sound of it.
So apparently you didn't try to do a repair install so XP had it still
listed as a C drive that is why the new system drive letter. IMHO the best
way for you to get the C drive letter back is to save your data » only have
the new HDD in place » format the HDD » reinstall everything » copy the data
back.

I have no thoughts about Partition Magic, I use products from
www.acronis.com.

There are too many registry entries that point to I to make any other course
worth the time and effort.


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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
_____in response to_____
"Martin Osborne" > wrote in message
...
| Hi Jeff,
|
| What differance does it make? Would Partition Magic do the trick?
|
| Martin



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[mrtee]

Try installing XP with only the new HDD and a CD-ROM in place. Format =
the drive and create your C partition as part of the install process. =
Connect other drives after XP is up and running on C.

This is a list of all the KB articles about installation problems; =
http://support.microsoft.com/common/canned.aspx?R=3Dd&H=3DWindows%20XP%20=
KB%20Articles%20About%20Installation&LL=3Dkbwinxpsearch&Sz=3Dkbsetup HTH

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Jeff
_____in response to_____
"Martin Osborne" > wrote in message =
...
| Hello,
|=20
| No I didn't have the old drive in, it had failed totally and had to be
| junked. The drive in there was it's replacement. I had tried to do a =
repair
| on the old drive when I started getting errors and before the SMART =
error
| appeared and it all just hung and quite quickly after that the whole =
thing
| failed.
|=20
| I understand what you're saying but what I am worried about is that it =
will
| happen again (and again etc.). How do I stop it?
|=20
| Any tips...
|=20
| Martin



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[Martin Osborne]

Hi,

OK, thanks for your help. I will give it a go.

Thanks to everyone who offered their assistance.

Martin


"mrtee" <hingelickeratnew.rr.com> wrote in message
...
Try installing XP with only the new HDD and a CD-ROM in place. Format the
drive and create your C partition as part of the install process. Connect
other drives after XP is up and running on C.

This is a list of all the KB articles about installation problems;
http://support.microsoft.com/common/canned.aspx?R=d&H=Windows%20XP%20KB%20Ar
ticles%20About%20Installation&LL=kbwinxpsearch&Sz=kbsetup HTH

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
_____in response to_____
"Martin Osborne" > wrote in message
...
| Hello,
|
| No I didn't have the old drive in, it had failed totally and had to be
| junked. The drive in there was it's replacement. I had tried to do a
repair
| on the old drive when I started getting errors and before the SMART error
| appeared and it all just hung and quite quickly after that the whole thing
| failed.
|
| I understand what you're saying but what I am worried about is that it
will
| happen again (and again etc.). How do I stop it?
|
| Any tips...
|
| Martin



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