Re: Installed XP on New Hard Drive
From: D.Currie (dmbcurrie.nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/31/04
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:01:24 -0600
How the bios recognizes the drive and how Windows assign letters are two
different things.
AND...if it did magically change from F to C (which it won't) all of the
pointers in the bios and elsewhere would be pointing to and F drive, but
that would no longer exist.
The only way to change from F to C and end up with a working system is to
format the drive and reinstall correctly.
"stevel" <Leighton_steve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1586501c446b8$75312ba0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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