Re: Installed XP on New Hard Drive
From: stevel (Leighton_steve_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/31/04
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 19:39:12 -0700
Just an FYI, there is no need to re-install XP, the BIOS
will recognize the drive and change it to the C: drive,
windows will do the same.
>-----Original Message-----
>This can happen when the install goes wrong. I think the
problem is that the
>old drive was still recognized by the BIOS as your
primary master so when
>you installed to the new drive it was assigned the next
drive letter that
>the BIOS uses in its lettering convection. You best and
perhaps only option
>is to remove your old drive or at least unplug it. Make
certain the new
>drive is jumpered as Master and is connected on the
Primary controller
>cable. Just make sure the jumper plug is set to Master
and plug the new
>drive in where the old drive was plugged. Now do a clean
install. When
>finished Windows will be correctly identified as being
on "C". You can shut
>down, connect the old drive with the jumper plug moved to
the Slave position
>and then startup. Personally I would reformat the old
drive before I even
>booted to Windows. You can do that by booting off the XP
CD and then follow
>the instructions for How To Partition found here
>http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm Just
remember to delete the
>partition on D and not C. Finally you can choose to
Format by following the
>instructions at the same site. Just remember to format D
and not C.
>
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
>"Larry Jones" <lljo40@netscape.net> wrote in message
>news:7594e657.0405301746.752e6160@posting.google.com...
>>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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