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| Drive Letter I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the new harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so if it is not possible I will leave it alone. Thanks      |
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| Re: Drive Letter I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. Rearrange your cabling properly. Brad Kraan wrote: > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the new > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so if it > is not possible I will leave it alone. > Thanks |
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| Re: Drive Letter I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. Rearrange your cabling properly. Brad Kraan wrote: > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the new > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so if it > is not possible I will leave it alone. > Thanks |
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02-06-2007, 05:34 PM
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| Re: Drive Letter It is setup as primary master. When I installed xp I had my old drive as a slave and even though it was a slave it still read it as c: so when I installed xp it could not format it as C: so it made it F:. Will I have to reinstall it or can it be fixed. Or I can live with it "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D14734.27F3130@nic.br... > I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. > Rearrange your cabling properly. > > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the new > > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so if it > > is not possible I will leave it alone. > > Thanks |
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| Re: Drive Letter It is setup as primary master. When I installed xp I had my old drive as a slave and even though it was a slave it still read it as c: so when I installed xp it could not format it as C: so it made it F:. Will I have to reinstall it or can it be fixed. Or I can live with it "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D14734.27F3130@nic.br... > I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. > Rearrange your cabling properly. > > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the new > > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so if it > > is not possible I will leave it alone. > > Thanks |
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| Re: Drive Letter Go to disk Manager (admin tools) and change it. Brad Kraan wrote: > > It is setup as primary master. When I installed xp I had my old drive as a > slave and even though it was a slave it still read it as c: so when I > installed xp it could not format it as C: so it made it F:. Will I have to > reinstall it or can it be fixed. Or I can live with it > > "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D14734.27F3130@nic.br... > > I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. > > Rearrange your cabling properly. > > > > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the > new > > > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > > > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so > if it > > > is not possible I will leave it alone. > > > Thanks |
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| Re: Drive Letter Go to disk Manager (admin tools) and change it. Brad Kraan wrote: > > It is setup as primary master. When I installed xp I had my old drive as a > slave and even though it was a slave it still read it as c: so when I > installed xp it could not format it as C: so it made it F:. Will I have to > reinstall it or can it be fixed. Or I can live with it > > "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D14734.27F3130@nic.br... > > I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. > > Rearrange your cabling properly. > > > > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the > new > > > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > > > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so > if it > > > is not possible I will leave it alone. > > > Thanks |
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| Re: Drive Letter All it says is cannot modify system volume or boot volume "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D1CCA4.797A5182@nic.br... > Go to disk Manager (admin tools) and change it. > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > It is setup as primary master. When I installed xp I had my old drive as a > > slave and even though it was a slave it still read it as c: so when I > > installed xp it could not format it as C: so it made it F:. Will I have to > > reinstall it or can it be fixed. Or I can live with it > > > > "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D14734.27F3130@nic.br... > > > I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. > > > Rearrange your cabling properly. > > > > > > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > > > > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the > > new > > > > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > > > > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so > > if it > > > > is not possible I will leave it alone. > > > > Thanks |
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| Re: Drive Letter All it says is cannot modify system volume or boot volume "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D1CCA4.797A5182@nic.br... > Go to disk Manager (admin tools) and change it. > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > It is setup as primary master. When I installed xp I had my old drive as a > > slave and even though it was a slave it still read it as c: so when I > > installed xp it could not format it as C: so it made it F:. Will I have to > > reinstall it or can it be fixed. Or I can live with it > > > > "Wizard" <stop.spam@nic.br> wrote in message news:41D14734.27F3130@nic.br... > > > I suspect that you have the new drive on the secondary controller. > > > Rearrange your cabling properly. > > > > > > Brad Kraan wrote: > > > > > > > > I recently Installed a new harddrive and install xp on it and now the > > new > > > > harddive is labeled as F:. Its the only hardrive in the system with 3 > > > > cdroms. Can the drive letter be changed to C:. Every thing works ok so > > if it > > > > is not possible I will leave it alone. > > > > Thanks |
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