I recently bought a larger hard drive and used the backup
tool to backup all the data on my old boot drive to
transfer it to my new drive. The problem is that my old
boot drive letter was H: and the new drive letter
automatically goes to C:. Is there any way to change the
new drive to letter H:? I can re-install windows if i
have to get the drive letter to change then or can i do
it with windows already installed?

- Change Disk Drive Letters

First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the

boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab | Settings

under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE

button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and click on SET.

set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.

to disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate tab.

THEN REBOOT and

Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk

Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to change

and select the Change Letter option.

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the

drive it was on originally.

XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.



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"C.w." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:00a101c3578b$916e2010$(E-Mail Removed)...
I recently bought a larger hard drive and used the backup
tool to backup all the data on my old boot drive to
transfer it to my new drive. The problem is that my old
boot drive letter was H: and the new drive letter
automatically goes to C:. Is there any way to change the
new drive to letter H:? I can re-install windows if i
have to get the drive letter to change then or can i do
it with windows already installed?


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