How change drive letter of system volume?

I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

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I use a third party software such as Partition Magic 8.
"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

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I use a third party software such as Partition Magic 8.
"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






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I use a third party software such as Partition Magic 8.
"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






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NO NO NO NO NO ... that article only applies to Windows 2000. You CANNOT
change the drive letter of the System drive letter in Windows XP as its hard
coded in certain areas and through Windows Product Activation. You will
have to reinstall Windows XP without as little hardware connected as
possible to try and get the C: back to the correct hard drive.

--
Doug Allen, Windows 2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"RobD" wrote in message
...
Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






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"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message

I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the
system partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete


"RobD" wrote in message

Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To:
Restore The System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -


"Doug Allen [MSFT]" wrote:

NO NO NO NO NO ... that article only applies to Windows 2000.
You CANNOT change the drive letter of the System drive letter
in Windows XP as its hard coded in certain areas and through
Windows Product Activation. You will have to reinstall
Windows XP without as little hardware connected as possible to
try and get the C: back to the correct hard drive.

--
Doug Allen, Windows 2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support


Doug, this web page by Petri (MCSE) does through the steps for XP
and they seem very similar to the steps in MSKB Q223188

http://www.petri.co.il/change_system...windows_xp.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;223188

Do you think it might actaully be ok to do this in XP?

I use a third party software such as Partition Magic 8.
"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:16:01 -0400, "Doug Allen [MSFT]"
wrote:

NO NO NO NO NO ... that article only applies to Windows 2000. You CANNOT
change the drive letter of the System drive letter in Windows XP as its hard
coded in certain areas and through Windows Product Activation. You will
have to reinstall Windows XP without as little hardware connected as
possible to try and get the C: back to the correct hard drive.

Then how come I've done it on at least three occasions using that same
article? Have you tried it to see if it works?

There is NOTHING hard coded in XP any different from Win2000 with
regard to changing the system or boot drive letter. And what in the
world has activation have to do with it?

Your answer is just plain wrong......

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:14:11 +0100, Peter Rossiter
wrote:

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message

I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the
system partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete


"RobD" wrote in message

Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To:
Restore The System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -


"Doug Allen [MSFT]" wrote:

NO NO NO NO NO ... that article only applies to Windows 2000.
You CANNOT change the drive letter of the System drive letter
in Windows XP as its hard coded in certain areas and through
Windows Product Activation. You will have to reinstall
Windows XP without as little hardware connected as possible to
try and get the C: back to the correct hard drive.

--
Doug Allen, Windows 2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support


Doug, this web page by Petri (MCSE) does through the steps for XP
and they seem very similar to the steps in MSKB Q223188

http://www.petri.co.il/change_system...windows_xp.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;223188

Do you think it might actaully be ok to do this in XP?

It works just fine. I've done it at least three times. There are
some things to watch out for especially if you have installed software
after the drive letter was swapped by XP. In that situation where
you have installed software, it's best to re-install XP and start
over.

Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






posted to:
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Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






posted to:
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microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






posted to:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






posted to:
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microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

NO NO NO NO NO ... that article only applies to Windows 2000. You CANNOT
change the drive letter of the System drive letter in Windows XP as its hard
coded in certain areas and through Windows Product Activation. You will
have to reinstall Windows XP without as little hardware connected as
possible to try and get the C: back to the correct hard drive.

--
Doug Allen, Windows 2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"RobD" wrote in message
...
Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






posted to:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

NO NO NO NO NO ... that article only applies to Windows 2000. You CANNOT
change the drive letter of the System drive letter in Windows XP as its hard
coded in certain areas and through Windows Product Activation. You will
have to reinstall Windows XP without as little hardware connected as
possible to try and get the C: back to the correct hard drive.

--
Doug Allen, Windows 2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.



"RobD" wrote in message
...
Article 223188 in the Knowledge Base describes "How To: Restore The
System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows."
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;223188

- Robert -

"Peter Rossiter" wrote in message
...
I have been copying & restoring my XP partition as a backup.

The result of all the copying back & forth, is that the system
partition now calls itself "S" instead of "C".

Disk Management will not let me change the letter of this
partition. How can I do this?

Pete



PS: I have *not* separated out my XP system partition from my boot
partition. Everything is in the one XP partition.

--






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