Changing drive letters

[I C]

My first PC came with Windows ME installed in a "Primary Master" hard
drive (1). I later added a second hard drive (2) as "Primary Slave",
on which I installed Windows XP Pro and which got the drive-letter
"D". I now want to transfer this hard drive to a new PC, which will
also have a second hard drive (3)(the second hard drive won't have any
operating system installed).

I assume that hard drive (2) should be the Primary master and hard
drive (3) the primary slave in the new pc. Will the drive-letter of
(2) remain "D" or will it change to "C"? If it changes, I assume it
will affect the installation of my programs. Is there any way to
prevent the drive-letter from changing? If it does change, how can I
assign (3) to "C" and re-assign (2) to "D"?

 

[Guest]

The primary master should automatically get assigned C: by windows
the others can be changed,go to run,type:diskmgmt.ms
In msc L.click a drive,action,all,change drive letter/path.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

My first PC came with Windows ME installed in a "Primary Master" hard
drive (1). I later added a second hard drive (2) as "Primary Slave",
on which I installed Windows XP Pro and which got the drive-letter
"D". I now want to transfer this hard drive to a new PC, which will
also have a second hard drive (3)(the second hard drive won't have any
operating system installed).

I assume that hard drive (2) should be the Primary master and hard
drive (3) the primary slave in the new pc. Will the drive-letter of
(2) remain "D" or will it change to "C"? If it changes, I assume it
will affect the installation of my programs. Is there any way to
prevent the drive-letter from changing? If it does change, how can I
assign (3) to "C" and re-assign (2) to "D"?

I believe the drive letter D should stay in place as long as
that system runs. Drive letters can be different in each
operating system if you have more than one.

But if the drive letter changes, you can still change it back by
following
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDriveLetterChangeSystemPartition.htm.

Hans-Georg