E: should be D:

[Paul H]

I've installed a 320 gb disk in place of my full-up 80 gb disk. To make room
for W7. Now I'm formatting it into C: and D:, running from a CD. But since
the CD is D:, the 2nd partition became E:. Big problem! I am using
software from StorageCraft to restore everything - boot record and all. But
my 2nd partition must be D: for my installed software to work. How can I
change the partition letter assignments? TIA, Paul

 

[BobbyM]

I've installed a 320 gb disk in place of my full-up 80 gb disk. To make
room for W7. Now I'm formatting it into C: and D:, running from a CD.
But since the CD is D:, the 2nd partition became E:. Big problem! I am
using software from StorageCraft to restore everything - boot record and
all. But my 2nd partition must be D: for my installed software to work.
How can I change the partition letter assignments? TIA, Paul

Open "administrative tools". Then "computer management" & then choose "disk
management".
You're going to change the drive letter of the CD drive first. Right click
on it & choose "change drive letters & paths" & then click on "change" &
choose a new letter. After that's changed, you can then use the same
procedure to change E to D.

 

[Paul H]

Thanks, I'll try it now, and let you know.

Open "administrative tools". Then "computer management" & then choose
"disk management".
You're going to change the drive letter of the CD drive first. Right
click on it & choose "change drive letters & paths" & then click on
"change" & choose a new letter. After that's changed, you can then use
the same procedure to change E to D.

 

[STAN STARINSKI]

Please do let us know regarding your progress,
Post drive letter changing progress bar here an document your daily
activities on this front.

 

[Spanky de Monkey]

Please do let us know regarding your progress,
Post drive letter changing progress bar here an document your daily
activities on this front.

Shove your head up your ass and document your activities on a daily basis.
Just FYI.

 

[Paul H]

Stan, I'm there, finally! Whew! I must have started over at least 5 times.
SoftCraft's ShadowProtect mapping software would only create a 220 gb C:
partition after I finally downloaded a later version of their restore
environment software. (It never would create a drive D Then I restored
drive C: data. The laptop would then boot from it's hard drive. I used the
procedure Bobby M told me about, to rename the CD drive from D: to G: - then
I used Vista's format ability to make an 82 gb drive D: and restored my
drive D: data into it. Every thing runs now. I'm ready to do an in place
upgrade tomorrow, if Fry's doesn't have a line wrapping around the block - I
prepaid for a copy. I understand that it will let me do an in-place
upgrade - Vista home premium to W7 home premium. Wish me luck.

 

[STAN STARINSKI]

Indeed we wish you luck, i'd compare drive letter-renaming challenge to a
midlife crisis.
But I've found 4-letter combinations are best to name harddisk folders, so
you never forget to check sh** out before deleting.