Changing letters on harddrive

[bently]

Using Win XP home, SP2

Just formatted new harddrive (NTFS) and ended up with C & G for
drive letters on new drive.

Currently have C, D, F, G, for harddrives letters.

E, is for DVD/CD-RW

G drive was formatted by.. right click MyComputer/Manage/Disk Management

G now has one folder... "System Volume Information " When I click on
it, I get the following message... "System Volume Information.not
available, Access denied".

Just curious why G is not available? Is it necessary there, and IS it
removable without causing problems?

..

WOULD LIKE to change arrangement of drive letters if that is not too
difficult.

I would prefer main harddrive to be labeled C & E. Second drive to
be D & F. Cd to be labeled G.

Can this be done without too much difficulty?

Thanks

bently

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "bently" <[email protected]>

|
| Using Win XP home, SP2
|
| Just formatted new harddrive (NTFS) and ended up with C & G for
| drive letters on new drive.
|
| Currently have C, D, F, G, for harddrives letters.
|
| E, is for DVD/CD-RW
|
| G drive was formatted by.. right click MyComputer/Manage/Disk Management
|
| G now has one folder... "System Volume Information " When I click on
| it, I get the following message... "System Volume Information.not
| available, Access denied".
|
| Just curious why G is not available? Is it necessary there, and IS it
| removable without causing problems?
|
| .
|
| WOULD LIKE to change arrangement of drive letters if that is not too
| difficult.
|
| I would prefer main harddrive to be labeled C & E. Second drive to
| be D & F. Cd to be labeled G.
|
| Can this be done without too much difficulty?
|
| Thanks
|
| bently

It depends on what's on the hard disks. If you cahnge a drive letter the Registry will have
the old letter assignment and things will can really screwed up.

 

[Rock]

bently wrote:

G now has one folder... "System Volume Information " When I click on
it, I get the following message... "System Volume Information.not
available, Access denied".

Just curious why G is not available? Is it necessary there, and IS it
removable without causing problems?

<snip>

The G: volume is available. You mean to ask, why isn't that folder
available? Because it's the system restore folder and it's set by
default for it not to be available. Shouldn't be messing around in
there. If that volume will not contain installed programs then turn off
system restore for it. Right click My computer | Properties | System
Restore. It should be turned off for any data only drives. The folder
will still be there but small.

How to gain access to the System Volume Information folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309531

 

[bently]

Thanks David & Rock,

I think I will leave it alone.

bently

 

[Rock]

Thanks David & Rock,

I think I will leave it alone.

bently

<snip>

You're welcome.