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Old 02-13-2007   #8 (permalink)
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Re: how do i change drive letter?

all i did was upgrade xp mce........why did it change the drive letter\/
"Saucy Lemon" <guidREMOVEsaucy@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> (For email, remove the caps in address)
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> "T5" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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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