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Old 02-13-2007   #6 (permalink)
Saucy Lemon


 
 

Re: how do i change drive letter?

Whoops .. you are out of luck. AFAIK, system drives are stuck on the letter
they are at [and boot drives too]. There might be some problem plague
bizarro way to wring another drive letter out, but it would be very
unadvisable.

Sorry

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Saucy Lemon
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"T5" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OVzCLJ7THHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You obviously didnt read the initial post, disk management wont allow me
> to change the drive letter from H to C
> "Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OIXXiG7THHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Use "Disk Management"
>>
>> Start > right-click on "Computer" > select "Manage" > on the left-hand
>> pane click on "Disk Management"
>>
>> ..then..
>>
>> In Disk Management:
>>
>> right-click on the drive which is to have its drive letter changed > and
>> select "Change Drive Letters and Paths" > hit the "Change" button > use
>> the drop-down list to choose a letter and then complete the wizard etc.
>> etc.
>>
>> NOTE: if you are changing the drive letter assignment for a CD/DVD-ROM
>> drive you may occassionally have to point Windows to it should you add
>> remove Windows components or somesuch. Also, 3rd party programs already
>> installed *may* have difficulty in that they already expect a certain
>> drive letter for the CD/DVD-ROM. If it becomes a problem, set it back to
>> the letter it is now.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Saucy Lemon
>> (For email, remove the caps in address)
>>
>>
>> "T5" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:8DA25551-C33A-4799-8A84-B9F601C50954@microsoft.com...
>>>I have just done a vista home premium upgrade over a win xp MCE
>>>installation, however I now have a vista install but with the letter H
>>>assigned to it. when I go to management console and ask to change the
>>>drive letter I get told that I cannot do this because it may be a boot
>>>volume or have page files. What do I have to do to change the drive
>>>letter to C: ?
>>>
>>> I cannot install any of the drivers I need to get the system working
>>> until Drive c is recognised as when I try it says that I do not have
>>> enough free space to install

>>

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