Drive Letter Assignments

[Kendal]

I just installed XP Home onto a new hard drive. Hard
drive is master, Zip drive slave. Windows assigned Zip
drive C: and Hard drive E:
Will there any problems associated with this? Do I need
to unplug the zip and reinstall?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Drive Letters Change Unexpectedly When You Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326683&Product=winxp

You'll have to physically disconnect whatever drive is shown as the current C: drive
(i.e. Zip EIDE & Power cable), perform a "clean install", then reconnect that drive.

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except for you mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

1. Open your BIOS and set your CD Drive as the first bootable device.

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".

7. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I just installed XP Home onto a new hard drive. Hard
| drive is master, Zip drive slave. Windows assigned Zip
| drive C: and Hard drive E:
| Will there any problems associated with this? Do I need
| to unplug the zip and reinstall?

 

[mikey]

there is no problem with this drive assignment.

it is NOT NECESSARY to re-install.

if it is just the boot drive not "C" that bothers you , here is a procedure you can follow to re-assign the boot drive letter.

- Change Disk Drive Letters

First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the

boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab | Settings

under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE

button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and click on SET.

set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.

To turn off page file, same as above, but select No Paging file and then click the SET button

To disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate tab.

THEN REBOOT and Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Disk

Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to change

and select the Change Letter option.

The drive letter you want to use MUST be available and not assigned to another drive.

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the

drive it was on originally.

XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.





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I just installed XP Home onto a new hard drive. Hard
drive is master, Zip drive slave. Windows assigned Zip
drive C: and Hard drive E:
Will there any problems associated with this? Do I need
to unplug the zip and reinstall?

 

[Cerridwen]

there is no problem with this drive assignment.

Er, yes there is.

it is NOT NECESSARY to re-install.

Yes it is - Carey is perfectly correct in what he says. That's why he's an
MVP and you, er, aren't.

if it is just the boot drive not "C" that bothers you , here is a
procedure you can follow to re-assign the boot drive letter.

- Change Disk Drive Letters
First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the
boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or
HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

Which, for correct system performance *MUST* be installed on the boot drive.

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab |
Settings
under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE
button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and
click on SET.
set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.
To turn off page file, same as above, but select No Paging file and
then click the SET button
To disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate
tab.
THEN REBOOT and Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer
Management | Disk
Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to
change
and select the Change Letter option.
The drive letter you want to use MUST be available and not assigned
to another drive.

Erm, he wants to use C which is being used by the Zip drive, brainiac!

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the
drive it was on originally.
XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.

Does it? Does XP *really* change the 100s of registry entries for all the
applications he's installed?! No, it does not.

Congratulations on totally screwing up his system and wasting his time. He's
now going to have to waste even more time doing a completely clean
installation (which would have been nearly done by now).

HSD what could it possibly stand for?! Oh, of course, I know - Hopelessly
Stupid Dumbass.

I see you're still posting in HTML and using that inane yellow scroller.
Well, at least it helps the spammers spot your address.

 

[mikey]

can sure tell you are speaking from experience.

you have tried the posted procedure and found that it does not work.

your comments are such pure idiocy they are not worth commenting on.

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there is no problem with this drive assignment.

Er, yes there is.

it is NOT NECESSARY to re-install.

Yes it is - Carey is perfectly correct in what he says. That's why he's an
MVP and you, er, aren't.

if it is just the boot drive not "C" that bothers you , here is a
procedure you can follow to re-assign the boot drive letter.

- Change Disk Drive Letters
First you must remember that you CANNOT change the letter for the
boot drive if it contains the PAGEFILE.SYS (swap file) and/or
HIBERFILE.SYS(hibernate file).

Which, for correct system performance *MUST* be installed on the boot drive.

To move pagefile.sys use Control Panel | System | Advanced tab |
Settings
under Performance | Advanced tab again | Virtual Memory and CHANGE
button. set the drive you want to move FROM to NO Paging File and
click on SET.
set the drive you want to move TO and click SET.
To turn off page file, same as above, but select No Paging file and
then click the SET button
To disable hiberfile.sys use Control Panel | Power Options Hibernate
tab.
THEN REBOOT and Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Computer
Management | Disk
Management under Storage, then RIGHT click on the drive letter to
change
and select the Change Letter option.
The drive letter you want to use MUST be available and not assigned
to another drive.

Erm, he wants to use C which is being used by the Zip drive, brainiac!

THEN following the first procedure set the PAGEFILE.SYS back to the
drive it was on originally.
XP automatically adjusts the registry for the drive letter changes.

Does it? Does XP *really* change the 100s of registry entries for all the
applications he's installed?! No, it does not.

Congratulations on totally screwing up his system and wasting his time. He's
now going to have to waste even more time doing a completely clean
installation (which would have been nearly done by now).

HSD what could it possibly stand for?! Oh, of course, I know - Hopelessly
Stupid Dumbass.

I see you're still posting in HTML and using that inane yellow scroller.
Well, at least it helps the spammers spot your address.

 

[Cerridwen]

can sure tell you are speaking from experience.

you have tried the posted procedure and found that it does not work.

your comments are such pure idiocy they are not worth commenting on.

I don't need to try them - common sense dictates that a) they wouldn't work
and b) you are a H.S.D.

 

[mikey]

common sense dictates that you try something before saying it will not work.




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can sure tell you are speaking from experience.

you have tried the posted procedure and found that it does not work.

your comments are such pure idiocy they are not worth commenting on.

I don't need to try them - common sense dictates that a) they wouldn't work
and b) you are a H.S.D.