Okay, this is ****in me off. Built a new computer, Windows decided it would
install on I for some stupid reason. I have no other hard drives in the
system, nor did I at install. I have found after research that this cannot
be changed, except by a reinstall of Windows, well, it was the freakin first
install that did this. For cryin out loud, I dont care for Windows 98 at
all, but at least you could choose what drive and directory you wanted your
install in. XP is so "user friendly" that they've taken out all of the
advanced install features which makes it more difficult to use. Anyone got
any ideas on how to stop this crap from happening, I have systems do this to
me all the time, end up on drive F or drive E, and in this latest case, drive
I of all things. If it can't choose C or let the person installin it choose,
at least use a decent letter like X for XP or P which is my preferred for
POS. I need not say any more.

"Robb Pierce" wrote

> Okay, this is ****in me off. Built a new computer, Windows decided it
> would
> install on I for some stupid reason. I have no other hard drives in the
> system, nor did I at install. I have found after research that this
> cannot
> be changed, except by a reinstall of Windows, well, it was the freakin
> first
> install that did this. For cryin out loud, I dont care for Windows 98 at
> all, but at least you could choose what drive and directory you wanted
> your
> install in. XP is so "user friendly" that they've taken out all of the
> advanced install features which makes it more difficult to use. Anyone
> got
> any ideas on how to stop this crap from happening, I have systems do this
> to
> me all the time, end up on drive F or drive E, and in this latest case,
> drive
> I of all things. If it can't choose C or let the person installin it
> choose,
> at least use a decent letter like X for XP or P which is my preferred for
> POS. I need not say any more.

Lol...Calm down. You haven't given any information about system
configuration. Disconnect any/all external devices, zip drives, card
readers, USB devices. Have only the hard drive, video and CD. With those
precautions I've never had it assign a drive letter to a single OS install
of XP but C:.

Boot/System drive letter assignments are not chosen. You choose what
partition to install to and then depending on the presence of peripherals,
the partitioning of the drive, and what other OSs are installed, the
installation assigns a drive letter.
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Rock [ MVP User/Shell]

"Robb Pierce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news3A84718-CF96-49A0-9289-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Okay, this is ****in me off. Built a new computer, Windows decided it
> would
> install on I for some stupid reason. I have no other hard drives in the
> system, nor did I at install. I have found after research that this
> cannot
> be changed, except by a reinstall of Windows, well, it was the freakin
> first
> install that did this. For cryin out loud, I dont care for Windows 98 at
> all, but at least you could choose what drive and directory you wanted
> your
> install in. XP is so "user friendly" that they've taken out all of the
> advanced install features which makes it more difficult to use. Anyone
> got
> any ideas on how to stop this crap from happening, I have systems do this
> to
> me all the time, end up on drive F or drive E, and in this latest case,
> drive
> I of all things. If it can't choose C or let the person installin it
> choose,
> at least use a decent letter like X for XP or P which is my preferred for
> POS. I need not say any more.

XP files for system files booting (eat that MS) are installed on C:, no
exceptions. Not enough room on C:, it'll look someplace else to install XP
windows itself. Its obvious where the problem lies.
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Jonny