XP Professional System Drive

devxtech · 02-05-2006, 03:48 PM

I just reloaded my OS and of course the drive letters aren't correct. Since I just added in a new SATA drive it made the one IDE drive I have the C drive but I installed the OS on my SATA drive. The OS is installed on D drive. Right now the C Drive is marked as the system drive and the D drive is marked as the boot drive. Does anyone know how I can make the D drive become C drive without messing up the OS install or having to redo the installation? Basically I want the system and boot to all be on the C drive.

Addis · 02-05-2006, 03:35 PM

You can use the disk management tool with XP Pro to change the letters:
Right click My Computer>Manage>Disk Management
Right click the drive you want to change and click "change drive letter".

Impotence · 02-05-2006, 11:17 PM

Welcome to Harwdareforums!

Could you re-explain the problem? I am slightly confused! (Its getting late here in the UK, i could just be overly tired!)

@Addis i dont think devxtech is trying to swap the letters windows has assigned the drives ("Basically I want the system and boot to all be on the C drive.")

devxtech · 03-05-2006, 01:11 PM

Well I got the problem fixed but here is the new problem. I currently have 5 hard drives. 4 internal 1 external. 4 of these are SATA and one is IDE. When installing Windows XP it looks like it requires me to make a small partition on the IDE drive for it to put it's install files on. Well originally it gave that small partition the drive letter C and wouldn't let me change it from C drive to something else as it was marked as a system partition. Well not I got it to be called H drive by reloading the OS. Does anyone know why XP pro requires the IDE drive for it's install files?

Karanislove · 04-05-2006, 10:03 PM

Unplug your IDE drive while installing windows and see what XP says then.

02-05-2006, 03:48 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
devxtech Geek Trainee Join Date: May 2006 Gender: Posts: 2 Status: Offline	XP Professional System Drive I just reloaded my OS and of course the drive letters aren't correct. Since I just added in a new SATA drive it made the one IDE drive I have the C drive but I installed the OS on my SATA drive. The OS is installed on D drive. Right now the C Drive is marked as the system drive and the D drive is marked as the boot drive. Does anyone know how I can make the D drive become C drive without messing up the OS install or having to redo the installation? Basically I want the system and boot to all be on the C drive.

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Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 1,878 Times Helpful: 126 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	Welcome to Harwdareforums! Could you re-explain the problem? I am slightly confused! (Its getting late here in the UK, i could just be overly tired!) @Addis i dont think devxtech is trying to swap the letters windows has assigned the drives ("Basically I want the system and boot to all be on the C drive.") __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

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03-05-2006, 01:11 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
devxtech Geek Trainee Join Date: May 2006 Gender: Posts: 2 Status: Offline	Well I got the problem fixed but here is the new problem. I currently have 5 hard drives. 4 internal 1 external. 4 of these are SATA and one is IDE. When installing Windows XP it looks like it requires me to make a small partition on the IDE drive for it to put it's install files on. Well originally it gave that small partition the drive letter C and wouldn't let me change it from C drive to something else as it was marked as a system partition. Well not I got it to be called H drive by reloading the OS. Does anyone know why XP pro requires the IDE drive for it's install files?

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