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You cannot change the drive letter once Windows XP is installed.
All the thousands of registry entries are referencing the H partition.
A "clean install' is the only viable solution.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Don" wrote:

| Carey, I did do an update. Also, a full install is out of the question. I
| can't afford another three weeks of reloading software.
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| I am thinking that a find and replace of F: with C: in the registery along
| with a folder syncronize between the C and F drives would get me to where I
| want to be. Now to find a way to do the find and replace.
|
| Don

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