Re: How do I rename hard drive F: to C:

From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_post-reply-in-newsgroup.invalid)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:13:58 -0600

"*Vanguard*" said in news:z8OdnZuEu9ewW_TdRVn-sQ@comcast.com:
> "Jim" said in news:1618c01c41687$7c5a5f70$a101280a@phx.gbl:
>> Recently installed a new drive but I did not remove old
>> C: drive first (old drive nfg)New drive formatted as F:
>> but now I can't rename it. The problem now is that I need
>> to install some software patches, but they will only
>> install on C: If possible, how do I rename F: to C:
>
> Run diskmgmt.msc and reassign the drive letters. You cannot reassign
> one drive to a drive letter that is inuse, so you'll have to first
> reassign the other drive so you can usurp its old drive letter.

Forgot to mention. If you installed when the drive was F: but is now C:, applications may not run or you cannot find some data files. That's because their full path got recorded in their config files or in the registry. You'll have to search for their references and change F: to C:. Search the registry for "F:\" to find them. Do a file search to look for "F:\" to find the config files unless you can find them yourself, like maybe they are in the same path as where the application got installed. 

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