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Old 01-05-2006, 02:31 AM
Jacky Luk
 
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Default Swapping Drive Letters during installation time

Hi,
My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
Pls comment
Thanks
Jack


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:31 AM
Cari \(MS-MVP\)
 
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Default Re: Swapping Drive Letters during installation time

Ensure that one single hard drive only is connected during the installation.
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"Jacky Luk" <jl@knight.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
> am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
> Pls comment
> Thanks
> Jack
>



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:31 AM
Unk
 
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Default Re: Swapping Drive Letters during installation time

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:45:07 +0800, "Jacky Luk" <jl@knight.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
>am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
>Pls comment
>Thanks
>Jack
>


How to Change Windows XP Drive Letter Assignments:
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/drltr.htm

HOW TO: Change Drive Letter Assignments in Windows XP (Q307844).
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307844

How To Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows XP, 2k
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223188
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:32 AM
Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
 
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Default Re: Swapping Drive Letters during installation time

That last article should be used ***only*** if the boot drive letter was C:\
to begin with and was inadvertantly changed. If it was not, do NOT use the
steps there under any circumstances. That article is meant to correct an
error, not as a means of changing the original installation.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"Unk" <not@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:45:07 +0800, "Jacky Luk" <jl@knight.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
>>am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
>>Pls comment
>>Thanks
>>Jack
>>

>
> How to Change Windows XP Drive Letter Assignments:
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/drltr.htm
>
> HOW TO: Change Drive Letter Assignments in Windows XP (Q307844).
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307844
>
> How To Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows XP, 2k
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223188



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:32 AM
Rock
 
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Default Re: Swapping Drive Letters during installation time

Jacky Luk wrote:

> Hi,
> My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
> am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
> Pls comment
> Thanks
> Jack


Disconnect all peripheral devices during the install particularly zip
drives and other external drives. All that's needed is the keyboard,
mouse, single CD drive, and single hard drive.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

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