Re: How can you change the C: drive letter?

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:37:01 -0700

I don't know if this will work. I'm running 2 different
raid 0's and none of the dos boot copying programs even
see my sata raid.

I used Ghost 9 to make my copy.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"DARKCYBER" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:04c501c49ace$0d2f2330$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Long story short...I installed a new hard drive with 2
>> partitions. I clone the old hard drive C: partition to
>> my new hard drive. I'm leaving the old hard drive in
the
>> pc as the second drive. I have the new hard drive as my
>> boot drive now.
>>
>> When I boot into Windows XP and type %windir% it's
>> showing that I'm booting from G:\Windows (which is my
new
>> hard drive). It's still showing the 1st partition on
my
>> old hard drive as C:.
>>
>> How can I change the lettering on those partitions? I
>> want G: to be C: or can it be done?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>It can't be done. Too many entries now refer to "G" in
the registry. What
>you need to do is this.
>1) Connect new drive as primary master
>2) Do not connect old drive at this time
>3) Boot with the XP CD and enter the Recovery Console
then partition your
>new drive. See How To Partition at this link
>http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm The first
partition you create
>will be "C" where you want to transfer the old drive to.
Ensure it is large
>enough to house the partition of the old drive. The
second partition can be
>the remainder of the drive. Press Esc to quit diskpart
and at the C prompt
>type EXIT to reboot. You'll get a message about no
bootable disk. Shutdown.
>4) Connect old drive as Slave.
>5) Start computer with your Drive Copy program floppy or
CD and do the
>Partition copy from the OLD drive to the first partition
on the new drive.
>6) Shutdown and disconnect the Old drive before you
attempt to restart the
>computer. Once you've boot to the Desktop for the first
time you can
>shutdown and connect the Old drive again.
>
>Now the drive letters should have your new XP on C and
the old as another
>letter. You will need to enter the Disk Manager and
Format the second
>partition on your new drive.
>
>
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
>.
>

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