can't change drive letter of 2nd partition

[Guest]

My hard drive was partitioned into a C: drive and D: drive with XP on the C:
drive. I put Vista on the D: drive, no problem, then reinstalled XP on the
C: drive. Now the D: drive is the H: drive, which I don't like. I went into
diskmgmt.msc however it won't let me change the H: drive back to the D: drive
as it says the H: drive is the "system" drive (the C: drive is the "boot"
drive). Is there a way to fix this?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

My hard drive was partitioned into a C: drive and D: drive with XP on the C:
drive. I put Vista on the D: drive, no problem, then reinstalled XP on the
C: drive. Now the D: drive is the H: drive, which I don't like. I went into
diskmgmt.msc however it won't let me change the H: drive back to the D: drive
as it says the H: drive is the "system" drive (the C: drive is the "boot"
drive). Is there a way to fix this?

If you're absolutely sure that Windows is wrong and you're right,
launch regedit.exe. Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices,
rename \DosDevices\H: to DosDevices\D: and reboot. If you happen
to be wrong then you might cause yourself a few problems.

 

[JS]

How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188/en-us

Full System Backup Tool (15 day free trial), do it before you start!
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/trueimage/

JS

 

[Dave Patrick]

Be aware that Microsoft use the term boot partition for the partition where
the operating system is installed, while the system partition is the first
primary active partition (where the boot sector and files required to start
the operating system reside) The system and boot partition can be
one-and-the-same.

Sounds like you deleted the system partition (original C drive). This
caused old D drive to become the system partition. Also this article may
help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234048


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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[Guest]

I changed the drive letter of the DVD drive using the D: letter first, and it
worked! I was a little wary because it wasn't an issue of Windows being
wrong and me right, it was just a personal preference of having my second
partition being the D: drive instead of the H: drive.

Thanks!
Steven