How to make c: = f: ?

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

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Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek


Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\

HTH,
John

zalek wrote in

m:

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek


Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\

HTH,
John

"John Wunderlich" wrote in message
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zalek wrote in

m:

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek


Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\



Closing the command window will remove the substitution. Better to put it
in the startup autoexec.bat (wherever that is these days).

"John Wunderlich" wrote in message
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zalek wrote in

m:

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek


Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\



Closing the command window will remove the substitution. Better to put it
in the startup autoexec.bat (wherever that is these days).

M.I.5¾ wrote:
"John Wunderlich" wrote in message
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zalek wrote in

m:

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\



Closing the command window will remove the substitution.

No, the substituted drive will remain until you remove it with the subst
command (subst f: /d) or until you reboot the machine.

Better to put it in the startup autoexec.bat (wherever that is these days).

Other than appending the path statement to the system path Windows NT
versions do not parse the Autoexec.bat file.

If you want the substitution to be processed at every boot you could
create a batch file for it and put the batch file or a shortcut to it in
the Startup folder.

John

M.I.5¾ wrote:
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zalek wrote in

m:

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\



Closing the command window will remove the substitution.

No, the substituted drive will remain until you remove it with the subst
command (subst f: /d) or until you reboot the machine.

Better to put it in the startup autoexec.bat (wherever that is these days).

Other than appending the path statement to the system path Windows NT
versions do not parse the Autoexec.bat file.

If you want the substitution to be processed at every boot you could
create a batch file for it and put the batch file or a shortcut to it in
the Startup folder.

John

"zalek" wrote in message
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Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

Search Google for "change windows drive letter to c"

subst is one way. The permanent solution suggested by MS is
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188

and some other suggestions:
http://ossism.com/2009/04/24/the-com...in-windows-xp/

"zalek" wrote in message
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Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

Search Google for "change windows drive letter to c"

subst is one way. The permanent solution suggested by MS is
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188

and some other suggestions:
http://ossism.com/2009/04/24/the-com...in-windows-xp/

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zalek typed:
Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

You can manage and change drive letters in Disk Maintenance, under
Administrative tools; Computer Maintenance.
But you can't assign the same drive letter to two drives at the same
time; which I'm not sure is what you really want/need to do here.

HTH,

Twayne`

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zalek typed:
Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

You can manage and change drive letters in Disk Maintenance, under
Administrative tools; Computer Maintenance.
But you can't assign the same drive letter to two drives at the same
time; which I'm not sure is what you really want/need to do here.

HTH,

Twayne`

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M.I.5¾ typed:
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zalek wrote in

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Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek


Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\



Closing the command window will remove the substitution. Better to
put it in the startup autoexec.bat (wherever that is these days).

autoexec.bat (and config.sys) do not run in XP boots. They are there for
legacy operations but would not be the way to get the system to permanently
see F and C as the same drives. The Subs command is not what the OP needs
here IMO.

HTH,

Twayne`

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M.I.5¾ typed:
"John Wunderlich" wrote in message
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zalek wrote in

m:

Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was
installed on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but
I had hard drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed
itself in correct place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am
getting a lot of error messages looking for F: drive (my current
C: drive). Is it possible to tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same
drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek


Bring up a command window ( Start - Run - "cmd")
Then enter the command:
subst f: c:\



Closing the command window will remove the substitution. Better to
put it in the startup autoexec.bat (wherever that is these days).

autoexec.bat (and config.sys) do not run in XP boots. They are there for
legacy operations but would not be the way to get the system to permanently
see F and C as the same drives. The Subs command is not what the OP needs
here IMO.

HTH,

Twayne`

C was already assigned, so XP was installed on F. Disconnect what was
connected to C and reinstall XP and the drive will now be called C.


"Twayne" wrote in message
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zalek typed:
Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

You can manage and change drive letters in Disk Maintenance, under
Administrative tools; Computer Maintenance.
But you can't assign the same drive letter to two drives at the same
time; which I'm not sure is what you really want/need to do here.

HTH,

Twayne`

C was already assigned, so XP was installed on F. Disconnect what was
connected to C and reinstall XP and the drive will now be called C.


"Twayne" wrote in message
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zalek typed:
Here what happened: for various reasons on my PC WinXp was installed
on F: drive, nd c: was USB drive. Now my PC crushed, but I had hard
drive clone. During install repair, WinXP installed itself in correct
place - but now my old F: is called C: and I am getting a lot of error
messages looking for F: drive (my current C: drive). Is it possible to
tell WinXP that C: and F: is the same drive? How?

Thanks,

Zalek

You can manage and change drive letters in Disk Maintenance, under
Administrative tools; Computer Maintenance.
But you can't assign the same drive letter to two drives at the same
time; which I'm not sure is what you really want/need to do here.

HTH,

Twayne`