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Reassign system drive letter
After a major computer crash, I had to assign the system
hard drive with the drive letter F: (it's a LONG story). This is causing many applications to fail installation because the default install path is drive letter C: and I can not change the path manually during the installation. I have freed the drive letter C: again - Does anyone have any thoughts on how can I re-asssign this letter to the hard drive? |
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Reassign system drive letter
About the only successful way to do it is to reinstall XP clean with the
drives configured properly so that it will see the boot drive as C. This Windows 2000 KB article describes how to do it without a reinstall. Note however that a very real outcome of following the steps in this article will be that the system won't boot, requiring a reinstall anyway. HOW TO: Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=223188 -- Tom Porterfield Windows XP / Smart Display MVP http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only. "JD" wrote in message ... After a major computer crash, I had to assign the system hard drive with the drive letter F: (it's a LONG story). This is causing many applications to fail installation because the default install path is drive letter C: and I can not change the path manually during the installation. I have freed the drive letter C: again - Does anyone have any thoughts on how can I re-asssign this letter to the hard drive? |
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