Changing drive letters

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance



Long story, here's the short version.

Computer crashed due to virus infection. Could not clean it, tossed the HD,
installed new HD, installed Win XP SP 2 from original CD, installed Internet
Explorer 7 from upgrade CD, installed all other applications from their
original CD's, seems to work fine -- EXCEPT -- I have three problems, two of
which likely are related.

1. Where do I find Outlook Express? I have Internet Explorer 7 but can't
find OE.

2. This problem probably is connected with #3. When I look at my computer
in Windows Explorer, I find that the internal hard drive, instead of being
drive C is now drive I. My computer has several slots to insert media --
SD, micro SD, CF, and the like -- these are designated C, F, G, and H.
DVD-RW drive is D, CD drive is E, and the hard drive is I.

3. When the computer boots, I get an error message: "No disc found. Insert
disc in drive. (Retry) (Cancel) (Continue)." I hit Continue, the message
pops up again, hit Continue, do this 4-5 times, and the computer boots and
operates. I suspect the boot routine is looking for something on drive C,
does not find it because the drive with all the applications is now drive I;
system gives an error message, I tell it to continue, and it does.

How do I change the drive designation from I to C ??? If I do this, will
it screw up the applications that I installed before I noticed the hard
drive was I instead of C? That is, all my apps are now installed on the
hard drive which is designated I -- if I change that drive to C, will the
computer know where to find my apps?

Thanks.


.



Relevant Pages

  • Changing drive letters
    ... I hit Continue, the message pops up again, hit Continue, do this 4-5 times, and the computer boots and operates. ... I suspect the boot routine is looking for something on drive C, does not find it because the drive with all the applications is now drive I; system gives an error message, I tell it to continue, and it does. ... How do I change the drive designation from I to C ??? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • RE: Entry point RtlHashUnicodestring could not be located in the n
    ... Just tried it out and the error message is no longer appeared. ... Now it is just a matter of discovering the application which did install it ... two .Net-built applications on multiple Windows 2000 machines. ... should rename. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
  • Re: Re-installing a Win98 program? (XP Home 2002 SP2)
    ... Daave wrote: ... produced the error message "Windows - No Disk. ... The list of re-installable applications came up. ... And what are your Virtual Memory settings? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: drive letters changed, system will not boot
    ... error message that a file 'HAL.DLL' is either corrupted or missing and ... That all this, i.e., the drive letters reversal, happened as a direct ... HDDs from the system prior to undertaking the XP install process. ... letter designation. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Re-installing a Win98 program? (XP Home 2002 SP2)
    ... produced the error message "Windows - No Disk. ... The list of re-installable applications came up. ... I'm not familiar with your HP Application Recovery disk, ... "How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP" ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)