I've had this happen too. It seems that just because a drive is installed to
primary ide master, that doesn't necessarily mean it will be C: When you
installed windows again, it sees your existing install and still considers
that as C: hence the new install is assigned the next available drive
letter. Go here
http://www.dougknox.com/tips/xp_drive_letters.htm and check
out the bottom link on the page.
"JerryB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I had my first system crash with WIN XP(after 2 years of
> flawless running). In order to keep any remaining data on
> my hard drives, I installed a new one, on its own cable
> in position "0" "master"...in other words, drive "C". The
> old drives were on a raid controller (striped). After
> installing XP and rebooting to collect my data from the
> old drives, I found that my boot drive (the new one) was
> now "E". I removed the old drives and turned off the raid
> controller, but it is still "E". Computer management
> won't let me change it to "C" because it is the boot
> drive. It wouldn't normally be a problem, but some of my
> equipment (HP) will only install to "C" drive (no options
> to change). Any ideas on how to change the drive back
> to "C"? Can Windows setup "repair" the install and fix
> this problem without losing my data? I would back it up
> to DVD, but the backup program wants to see "C" drive too!
>
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