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Boot drive is not C drive
you can rename drives under disk management, which is
under administrator's tools in the control panel. (assuming you have XP pro), other than that, just shut down and insert the installation disk, when you set up the partitions and reformat it should rename the drive "C" on it's own, but the letter of the drive really dosn't matter. it is just how XP specifies the path of the data, so if you change it, yes it may not find your files. Do you really NEED it to be C? -----Original Message----- I recently purchased a computer and had my old drive installed as a second drive. For some reason, the techie at the shop assigned "G" to the new drive (the boot drive), and "H" to the old drive. I have tried to decipher their reasoning, but the language gap is insurmountable. I successfully renamed, using Disk Management, "H" to "D". But I don't think it is wise to rename the boot drive, "G", to "C". I believe I am going to have to reinstall XP home edition on a reformatted drive named "C", but how would I properly do that? I have read every article on Microsoft's site relating to renaming drives, but I can't figure out how to 1. rename the boot drive to "C", 2. reformat it, and 3. reinstall XP. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Jeff. . |
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