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 Posted: Thu, 25th Dec 2008 18:58 Post subject: OS Drive letter is now F (not C) |
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Just reinstalled XP for about the 7th time since it came out (not unusual). Anyways, this time it turned my drive into letter F. Used to be C. I have about 3 drives and several partitions.
I installed Norton Partition Magic to change it back to C. However, Norton warned me my OS might not boot up anymore.
Any suggestions on how to get it back to letter C without screwing up anything else?
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Dec 2008 21:09 Post subject: |
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As far as I remember Main os boot has to be C:/ so find that odd, the only other reason I can think of in this state of mind this time of year is that its installed a second OS as you have not pointed it to re-install on your previous location of OS.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Dec 2008 22:44 Post subject: |
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I deleted old os partition first, did a quick format, then installed clean copy. Nothing else was on partition. This happened few years back as well so Im not suprised it happened again.
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Dec 2008 23:31 Post subject: |
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Thats odd as when creating a new partition it normaly states it has to be on C and creates it lol im at a loss then sorry..
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| Posted: Thu, 25th Dec 2008 23:54 Post subject: |
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Actually, with 2000 and XP it was possible to have a system partition which is not labeled with C. With Vista, Microsoft labels the System partition always as C (for better compatibility with dumb programs which don't use environmental variables) and everything else is given labels later.
About changing the system partition's label after install, it is practically impossible. Just search through the registry for "F:\" to see how many things are now dependent on this label. You will either have to live with it (not a big deal), or reinstall windows on the active partition, which is usually chosen to be labeled as C. You can also set the current partition as active and reinstall in it again - it should be labeled properly as C. 
BTW, if you need some help setting a partition as active, just ask.
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| Posted: Fri, 26th Dec 2008 22:41 Post subject: |
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It will all depends on where the registry is fucked up, use regedit to have a look, if the only thing mislabeled is within "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/MountedDevices/" then just rename "\DosDevices\F:" by e.g. "\DosDevices\C:" and reboot (I had this kind of crap once using acronis true image over a multiboot system...).
In all cases if you wanna play with the registry do a backup with ERUNT first.
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Dec 2008 03:11 Post subject: |
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I just reformated and re-installed windows. Same deal. OS was placed on F drive. I dont have anything else installed except for mobo drivers. Im just going to use partition magic now to change drive letter. Why when I boot from CD to install windows- it just wants to assign F for OS?
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Dec 2008 03:17 Post subject: |
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Read my previous post to see why.
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Dec 2008 06:08 Post subject: |
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I have 3 internal drives (2 sata and 1 IDE). I disconnected the 2 drives that are not my boot os. Inserted XP CD - and ofcourse, windows stated my partition that is 300GB is my C drive. I wanted my 40GB partition to be C. So, I had no choice but to settle for drive D now as my OS.
I could not install XP on active partition as it was a 300GB+ HD full of stuff (could not format). I created a partition of 40GB just for the OS.
Oh well, will have to live it it then. Thanks for all your help.
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Dec 2008 11:37 Post subject: |
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Dude, you can set drives as well as partitions as active, meaning you can switch the active drive to the one you want to install XP, and in it, set the partition you want to install in as active.
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| Posted: Sun, 28th Dec 2008 13:31 Post subject: |
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My choices are R (repair), L (delete), C (create) in that setup. I would choose D to delete that partition then click enter to install windows on it. I did not see anywhere I can see drives or partitions to active.
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