It is a basic Windows setup situation. The second HD will start with "D" and
if You had a 3rd HD that would become "E" and the balance of the partitions
will fill in as yours have done.

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"oceanclub" <paul_moloney@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I had the following hard drive partitions set up:
>
> Drive 1:
> C: Boot partition
> D: Second non-boot partition
> Drive 2:
> E: Partition 1
> F: Partition 2
>
> I needed to reinstall Windows, which I did on C. Now I find the drive
> letters have changed to:
>
> Drive 1:
> C: Boot partition
> F: Second non-boot partition
> Drive 2:
> D: Partition 1
> E: Partition 2
>
> I'm not sure why it's done this. And when I try to change Drive F to
> anything else, I get a "cannot change system or boot partition". Why is
> F now a "system" partition, and does anyone know I can change the drive
> letter (since all programs installed there "think" it's drive D).
>
> Thanks,
>
> P.
>