Change System Disk

[Guest]

My system disk somehow ended up with the drive letter "J". I want to change
it back to "C". When I try this in Windows XPP disk management it won't
permit renaming system or boot drives. My boot disk (multiple boot system) is
drive "H".

I would also like to replace this drive with a larger drive without
reinstalling OS's or programs. Is this possible?

I would appreciate any assistance on this.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My system disk somehow ended up with the drive letter "J". I want
to change it back to "C". When I try this in Windows XPP disk
management it won't permit renaming system or boot drives. My boot
disk (multiple boot system) is drive "H".

I would also like to replace this drive with a larger drive without
reinstalling OS's or programs. Is this possible?

I would appreciate any assistance on this.

Changing the drive letter effectively almost always requires a reinstall
with all peripherals (especially ZIP drives) disconnected.

Taking the install from one hard drive to another requires an imaging
utility (Ghost, TruImage, etc) - and may be an option that comes with the
new hard drive.

 

[Pegasus]

My system disk somehow ended up with the drive letter "J". I want to change
it back to "C". When I try this in Windows XPP disk management it won't
permit renaming system or boot drives. My boot disk (multiple boot system) is
drive "H".

I would also like to replace this drive with a larger drive without
reinstalling OS's or programs. Is this possible?

I would appreciate any assistance on this.

Did you always have drive letter J: for this installation,
from day one, or is it something that happened recently,
perhaps while you wre playing with your multi-boot setup?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the prompt response. The drive originally had the drive letter
"C" but somehow (I can't recall how) it got changed to "J". Now when I plug
in USB drives or digital cameras they are not identified and I have to use
"Portable media devices" to look at them.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

If your system drive letter was C: at install time then
you must change it back. to C: If you don't then you
are likely to experience some weird and wonderful
problems. Run regedit.exe and navigate to
HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices. Now rename
\DosDevices\J: to DosDevices\C:, then reboot the
machine. If C: already exists, delete it. This is a
safe operation - you won't lose any disk drives!

 

[Guest]

BINGO!

That method worked 100%.

Thanks ever so much Pegasus. You releived me of an irritant that has been
bugging me for some time.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks for the feedback.

BINGO!

That method worked 100%.

Thanks ever so much Pegasus. You releived me of an irritant that has been
bugging me for some time.