Boot/system partition drive letter?

[Steve Gould]

I just finished installing XP Pro on a laptop. After getting into Explorer I
found that it was labeled drive E not C. There is NO drive C. Is there a way
to relabel the drive to C? Maybe by doing a repair from the CD? I know you
can't change it in disk manager. I'd rather not have to reinstall as I just
spent 3 hours getting to this point.

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I just finished installing XP Pro on a laptop. After getting into Explorer I
found that it was labeled drive E not C. There is NO drive C. Is there a way
to relabel the drive to C? Maybe by doing a repair from the CD? I know you
can't change it in disk manager. I'd rather not have to reinstall as I just
spent 3 hours getting to this point.

I'm afraid the only way to do it and get it right is to reinstall XP.
Do you have a zip or other drive connected to the laptop (smart card
reader, etc)? If so, make sure there is no disk or card in those during
the install of XP.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

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[Steve Gould]

That was the problem. There was a memory card reader installed and I didn't
know it. I'll reinstall right now.