Install problem

[Jim Macklin]

If everything runs, don't worry about it, a hacker will be
looking on C:, you a have an little extra protection.


| Please tell me where I went wrong.
| I have a 2 HD system, with both drives in plugin racks.
| I bought a new 60 gig HD and wanted to replace the master
HD and do a new
| install of XP Pro.
| I set the BIOS to see my new master as well as the slave.
| When I went to install XP it gave the 2 slave partitions
the letters C and
| D.
| The new master was given G.
| I could not see any way of changing the letters so assumed
that XP would
| show as being installed to C when the install was finished
and the slaves
| given new letters.
| However it now shows XP as being installed on G and the
slave partitions are
| C and D.
| Disk Management lets me rename the slave partitions but
not change the XP
| system partition to C.
| Where did I go wrong, and what do I do now?
|
| Thanks
| Brian Tozer
|
|

 

[Yves Leclerc]

First, you should have removed BOTH drives before working on install XP onto
your new 60GB hard drive and only have your new drive in a rack. It seems
that XP installation detected the slave drive partitions and assigned them
the letters C & D. It also found your CD/DVD rom drives (E & F) so
therefore G: was the next to be used.

Now, if your system is working correctly, you may want to keep the drive
lettering as is. You will have to be careful how you would install other
programs from now on.

Y.

 

[George Bashore]

It's something in your BIOS.
It also so has the wrong time.
Check your battery.

 

[Brian Tozer]

Please tell me where I went wrong.
I have a 2 HD system, with both drives in plugin racks.
I bought a new 60 gig HD and wanted to replace the master HD and do a new
install of XP Pro.
I set the BIOS to see my new master as well as the slave.
When I went to install XP it gave the 2 slave partitions the letters C and
D.
The new master was given G.
I could not see any way of changing the letters so assumed that XP would
show as being installed to C when the install was finished and the slaves
given new letters.
However it now shows XP as being installed on G and the slave partitions are
C and D.
Disk Management lets me rename the slave partitions but not change the XP
system partition to C.
Where did I go wrong, and what do I do now?

Thanks
Brian Tozer