Finding out the original setup location

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New to Windows XPHome SP2 installed using OEM XPHome CDROM
I have just built a new XP Home system from scratch, and want to find
out where XP thinks it was originally installed from - my CDROM drive
letter has changed since I installed windows as I have installed
removeable drives, and then added an older hard drive for file copying
and I can't remember what the CD drive was when I installed Windows and other basic software as I
had already put several partitions on the hard disk - I think it was H
or J but I am not sure.
I then plan to use the Disk management tool to assign a set letter to
that drive to keep it static.

I have had problems on older systems trying to run setup programs to
uninstall stuff, that didn't like the fact that they couldn't "find" the
original CD drive they had been installed with - so I thought I would try and sort this "before the event".

So - my question is - apart from trying to uninstall something - how do
I find out what drive letter Windows XP thinks it was installed from? Is it in the
registry somewhere?

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