drive letter

[Ron]

I just reinstalled XP on my machine. The OS assigned the
letter J to my hard drive. I tried changing it back to C
using the disk management utility, but was not allowed to
do it because of it being the system disk. Is there
another way to do this?

[Rich Barry]

What do you have on the C:\ ?
"Ron" > wrote in message
...
> I just reinstalled XP on my machine. The OS assigned the
> letter J to my hard drive. I tried changing it back to C
> using the disk management utility, but was not allowed to
> do it because of it being the system disk. Is there
> another way to do this?

[Ron]

Windows gave the C to my 2nd HD. I use it for backups.
>-----Original Message-----
> What do you have on the C:\ ?
>"Ron" > wrote in message
...
>> I just reinstalled XP on my machine. The OS assigned
the
>> letter J to my hard drive. I tried changing it back to
C
>> using the disk management utility, but was not allowed
to
>> do it because of it being the system disk. Is there
>> another way to do this?
>
>
>.
>

[Gail]

change the current C to another one and then you should be able to change J to C
with Disk Management


"Ron" > wrote in message
...
> Windows gave the C to my 2nd HD. I use it for backups.
> >-----Original Message-----
> > What do you have on the C:\ ?
> >"Ron" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I just reinstalled XP on my machine. The OS assigned
> the
> >> letter J to my hard drive. I tried changing it back to
> C
> >> using the disk management utility, but was not allowed
> to
> >> do it because of it being the system disk. Is there
> >> another way to do this?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

That won't work because you can't change the active system partition's drive
letter. However, if you have Partition Magic, you can easily do this.

"Gail" > wrote in message
...
> change the current C to another one and then you should be able to change
J to C
> with Disk Management
>
>
> "Ron" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Windows gave the C to my 2nd HD. I use it for backups.
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > > What do you have on the C:\ ?
> > >"Ron" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> I just reinstalled XP on my machine. The OS assigned
> > the
> > >> letter J to my hard drive. I tried changing it back to
> > C
> > >> using the disk management utility, but was not allowed
> > to
> > >> do it because of it being the system disk. Is there
> > >> another way to do this?
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

[Ron]

I tried to run Partition Magic. I got an error that there
was a disk manager installed but not running. I went to
powerquest website and followed the instructions for that
particular error code(91). Still get same error code when
I try to run PM.
>-----Original Message-----
>That won't work because you can't change the active
system partition's drive
>letter. However, if you have Partition Magic, you can
easily do this.
>
>"Gail" > wrote in message
...
>> change the current C to another one and then you
should be able to change
>J to C
>> with Disk Management
>>
>>
>> "Ron" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Windows gave the C to my 2nd HD. I use it for
backups.
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > > What do you have on the C:\ ?
>> > >"Ron" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> > >> I just reinstalled XP on my machine. The OS
assigned
>> > the
>> > >> letter J to my hard drive. I tried changing it
back to
>> > C
>> > >> using the disk management utility, but was not
allowed
>> > to
>> > >> do it because of it being the system disk. Is
there
>> > >> another way to do this?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >.
>> > >
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>