Re: change system boot drive letter E to C ?

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Thanks for the compliment.

The vast majority of all commands issued from the Command
Prompt are case insensitive. Otherwise, you must type the
command exactly as it is. Try it for yourself to see how it works!


"skyking" <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OKdhyUnSFHA.1312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
> news:u4YYX0mSFHA.244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > "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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