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06-18-2007, 06:21 PM
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New XP OS install: About drive letters
I have just upgraded my system drive from 80GB to 500GB. I am doing a fresh install. I noticed that my other drives have taken on the drive letters C,D,E & F. I created a new partition. Currently the drive letter is J: . I only have one OS on this computer, XP. I am hoping that my new partition will take on the drive letter C once the installation has completed.
Should I have disconnected the other drive before starting the XP OS installation? Thanks! 
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06-18-2007, 06:58 PM
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It is easier to disconnect the other drive while doing the install!!!
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06-19-2007, 07:04 PM
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Or you can manually assign the drive letters by using XP's Disk Manager: Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc
From there you can change the drive letters, but note that if a letter is used then you cannot use it unless you clear it first. For example, all hdd in my machine take the first letters (excluding A and B), so when I added a new data hdd I wanted it to have the letter G. However G was assigned to an optical drive, thus I change the optical drive to 'K' and I was free to use the 'G' for the hdd. Badly explained but I think you can work it out. |
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06-20-2007, 09:26 AM
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Right, but you cannot change the letter assigned to the active system partition.
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06-20-2007, 10:04 AM
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i can confirm that, i have a L:\ system drive
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06-20-2007, 01:56 PM
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Thanks all!
The system is up with new hard drive installed and a fresh copy of XP SP2. Now to reinstall a lot of the stuff that was on it before. OH BOY! Cheers!
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