I just changed my hard drive. I'm trying to get the new drive to show as
the C: drive. I originally had C: and D: drives. I changed the C: to a new
hard drive and the system changed the storage hard drive D: over to C: and
the new boot drive was assigned J: I switched the storage drive from C: to
K: but the system won't let me change the boot drive from J: to C: I know
the system will work fine using J: but I'd still like to know how to change
it to C:

"tuuf" wrote:

> I just changed my hard drive. I'm trying to get the new drive to show as
> the C: drive. I originally had C: and D: drives. I changed the C: to a new
> hard drive and the system changed the storage hard drive D: over to C: and
> the new boot drive was assigned J: I switched the storage drive from C: to
> K: but the system won't let me change the boot drive from J: to C: I know
> the system will work fine using J: but I'd still like to know how to change
> it to C:

The easiest way to change the boot drive from J: to C: is to start over and
install Windows on the drive that you want to be C: Disconnect all other
drives from the system before installing Windows, then reconnect your other
drives after the install.

Open regedit,

Backup your registry

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MountedDevices

Find the key marked \DosDevices\C:, right click and rename to an unused
letter.

Find your drive letter, (J and right click it, rename it to \DosDevices\C:


However, in your scenario, this is unlikely to work as a LOT of other stuff
will now be referencing your J: drive. I just thought I would throw this
into the mix.


If you are not comfortable with the registry, do not try this but get an
experienced engineer to do it.

--
Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
~~
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"Mark Adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> "tuuf" wrote:
>
>> I just changed my hard drive. I'm trying to get the new drive to show
>> as
>> the C: drive. I originally had C: and D: drives. I changed the C: to a
>> new
>> hard drive and the system changed the storage hard drive D: over to C:
>> and
>> the new boot drive was assigned J: I switched the storage drive from C:
>> to
>> K: but the system won't let me change the boot drive from J: to C: I
>> know
>> the system will work fine using J: but I'd still like to know how to
>> change
>> it to C:
>
> The easiest way to change the boot drive from J: to C: is to start over
> and
> install Windows on the drive that you want to be C: Disconnect all other
> drives from the system before installing Windows, then reconnect your
> other
> drives after the install.

"David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Open regedit,
>
> Backup your registry
>
> Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MountedDevices
>
> Find the key marked \DosDevices\C:, right click and rename to an unused
> letter.
>
> Find your drive letter, (J and right click it, rename it to
> \DosDevices\C:
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Dave Colliver.
> http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com

. . . plus one additional step (which the OP may not be aware of): Reboot
the machine.