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Old December 5th 03, 01:17 AM
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Default 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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