Custom boot drive letter for Windows

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I am doing a server replacement that currently uses M instead of C as the
main drive. I am trying to mimic this on the new server install with Windows
Server 2003 and am having no luck getting the OS to install on anything
other than the default C drive. The reason behind the custom drive letter is
that there have been many custom VB programs written that are running on the
server which reference the M drive. I have tried in the disk partitioning
tool on the install disk, to create mini partitions until i got to the drive
letter that i wanted and then going back and deleting the other partitions
leaving an M drive but then Windows tells me "this disk does not contain a
windows compatible partition". So any help or insight would be appreciated.
I am just trying to avoid having to change the programs that have been
written.

Thanks.


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