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10-May-2008, 02:42 PM #1
Unhappy WIN XP Reinstall HDD Drive Letter changed!
Hello All,

Thanks for your time.

I've had to reinstall Win XP Pro on my computer. Now here's the twist, before the reinstall I had the following drives;

C (Computer Drive)
F (My Sister's Drive)
D (Mp3 & Wav)
E (Digital Pics)

I proceded to reinstall Win XP Pro only to discover that my original C drive was now labeled F, and the original F drive is now labeled C.

I installed it anyway thinking I could just change the drive letters afterwards. So I thought, I cannot change either one as drive F's status (Boot Volume) and drive C's status (System Volume), and Windows will not allow any drive letter changes to System and Boot volume drives.

I want to do a reinstall with the current F drive back to C. I'll worry about renaming my sister's drive later.

Thanks again for your time.
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10-May-2008, 03:26 PM #2
You would have to reinstall Windows to change the main drive letter and this time unplug all the other drives. XP had a nasty habit of doing that when no one was watching.
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10-May-2008, 05:13 PM #3
Unplug the power only?

Or the connection to the MB as well?

Thanks again
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10-May-2008, 05:36 PM #4
Either or...
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