Installed XP on New Hard Drive

From: stevel (Leighton_steve_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 19:02:51 -0700

I have done this before, I believe that I fixed it by
checking my jumpers on the hard drives, as soon as I put
them in the correct order they showed up correctly.

good luck

>-----Original Message-----
>I just installed a new HD, wanting to keep my old one as
a second
>drive. But after installing XP on it, it's showing up as
my F: drive
>instead of my C: drive.
>
>The new drive is on the end (black) connector of my IDE
cable while
>the old drive is on the middle (gray) cable.
>
>It's booting from the F: drive (which I didn't even know
was
>possible). The software I am installing and such is using
it as my
>main drive, but I would really rather it be C:, because I
am sure
>that's going to be a headache after a while.
>
>Anyone know how I can fix this, so my new drive is my C:
drive?
>
>TIA,
>Larry
>.
>

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