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F is main hard drive.. Need to change to C.

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02-Jul-2009, 03:00 AM #1
F is main hard drive.. Need to change to C.
Hi, This issue is causing some serious problems like installing software and doing all kinds of stuff. Every time I try to do that some type of error comes up saying insert Drive. What do I do?
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02-Jul-2009, 07:59 AM #2
Hi!

Has the drive letter recently changed, or has it always been F?

Use these instructions ONLY if the drive letter has been changed.
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02-Jul-2009, 01:48 PM #3
It was like that when I installed it. It is also Windows XP.
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02-Jul-2009, 01:52 PM #4
Are you saying that Windows is installed on the F drive?

If so, what is on the C drive?
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02-Jul-2009, 02:16 PM #5
Well, if it's installed on F, it's installed on F. You could change the drive letter, but I think that will likely cause more problems than it's going to solve. You can't just do it as simply as you would assign a drive letter to a non-system drive. It would probably be better to just reinstall, or leave it be if it's not too much trouble.

What sort of problems are you having installing software?
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03-Jul-2009, 09:09 PM #6
Sometimes when I have to put something on a certain drive it says I need to insert one that kind of thing. But I am still fiddling around with this so I will be trying stuff out.
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03-Jul-2009, 10:02 PM #7
I installed a second hard drive on my computer and my main one was switch to F. I used a program called maxtor MaxBlast. It lets you change the drive names without messing up your system.
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04-Jul-2009, 10:57 PM #8
Okay i will try it out.
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