Re: change system boot drive letter E to C ?

do i use the exact sytax? small c and capital E and backslash on the e only
?
thanks Pegasus. i have monitored your responses for 2 to 3 years now, since
win2k and i think you are the best! i am not too hip on preformulated
answers.
"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "skyking" <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Oho9gfmSFHA.3880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > i installed xp pro on a fresh drive that was written with zeros. the
> > system had a zip drive and a cdwriter drive as well. after installing
the
> > O.S.
> > zip drive was C:
> > the cdwriter was D:
> > the hard disk was E:
> > when trying to install certain programs i get error messages cause there
> is
> > no C: drive because there is no disk and i really do not use it. i
> realize
> > that i should have unplugged the zip now, but is there a way to change
> > system/boot drive E: to C: without reloading ?
> >
> >
>
> If you installed Windows on drive E: then this is where it must stay.
>
> You may be able to fool those programs that demand the
> existence of drive C:, by placing a two-line batch file into
> the "All Users" startup folder:
>
> @echo off
> subst c: E:\
>
> This will create an artificial drive C:, which is actually your drive E:.
>
>


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