Re: Changing Drive Letters

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Rock

Not everyone sees things as clearly as you! Sometimes it is better to say the obvious in the first place.

Often I see experts posting the right solution but not giving simple instructions on how to carry it out. Example. Windows Update Fails. Expert asks "What is Error Code" -result user not sure how to get it. Better way -canned response:

What error code?

Select, Start, Help and Support, Keep your Windows up- to-date with
Windows Update, Review your Update History and click on the Failed
Icon in the Status Column. What does it say?

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Regards.

Gerry
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Rock wrote:
"Gerry Cornell" wrote

As Rock says but change F to H, G to F and H to G. You cannot change
a drive to a letter already being used.

Rock wrote:
"Merrell10" wrote

I am running XP Pro on a AMD 64 system with 1 G ram. When I
reloaded windows
I had my second hard drive (2 partitions) unplugged to keep Windows
from picking up on an existing build. When I plugged the 2nd hard
drive back in
the drive letters came after the CD rom drives (I have 2). I
unplugged the
CD Roms and rebooted hoping to get the hard drive letters to
change. Guess
what. They didn't. My first hard drive is C, my second hard drive
is G and
F (2 partitions).

How do I get my hard drive to change it letters?

Do it in Disk Management: Right click My Computer | Manage | Disk
Management. Right click on the drive you want to change, and select
change drive letter. This should work for any partitions except the
boot or system partitions.

Any letters in use won't be listed so of course you can't change to
that..lol

.

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