change boot drive letter?

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I just installed windows on a hard drive where i had a partition with data
at the end of the drive.. I formatted the beginning of the drive but it
named my boot drive e: (c is the data, and d is dvd).. Is this changeable..
I want the boot drive to be C. Not sure if there are any utils that can be
run to change any file paths to c:?

anybody know if this can be done, or if i have to reinstall on a clean
h.d.?
 
The registry contains countless references to your system
drive, as do lots of files. If you try to change them then you
will probably cripple your system. You will have to re-install
Windows.
 
The registry contains countless references to your system
drive, as do lots of files. If you try to change them then you
will probably cripple your system. You will have to re-install
Windows.
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but how do i re-install and make it forget about the partition of data so
that windows goes on the c drive?
 
Holden said:
but how do i re-install and make it forget about the partition of data so
that windows goes on the c drive?
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When you install Win2000, you get a choice of possible destinations.
Select the drive where you want Win2000 to be installed.

If this is what you did in the first place, and if the installation process
decided on its own that the system drive should be called "E:", then
you should try this:
- Remove the ribbon cable from your CD drive.
- Launch Win2000.
- Remove the drive letter from your data drive. This will NOT erase
your data.
- Reboot.
- Check your system drive letter. It might now be drive C:!
- Check your applications (MS Office, Internet Explorer). Do they
work OK?
- Assign drive letter D: to your data drive.
- Shut down Win2000, reconnect your CD drive.
- Restart Win2000 and make your CD drive E:.
 
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