drive now :F:

[W&BJ]

can anyone help I have 2 internal drives main drive is now :F: and drive
without an OS just for Backup is :C: ____both drives are now NTFS and I want
to change my main OS drv :F: back to its original letter of : C :___this
came about due to reinstalling XP Pro and changing the drv from FAT to
NTFS_________thanking you all
With Kind Regards from Will

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Will,

Right-Click 'My Computer' - Click 'Manage' - see Management Window

In the Left Pane Click 'Disk Management' - wait ...
- see
all drives at Top Right

1. If there is any drive with letter 'D' then
Right-Click it - Click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'
Change (button)
Choose a new letter (say M or N) - OK, OK
(Letter 'D' is now available for HDD 1)
2. Right-Click 'C' - Click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'
Change (button)
Choose new letter 'D' - OK, OK
(Letter 'C' is now available for HDD 0, HDD 1 is correct at 'D')
3. Right-Click 'F' - Click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'
Change (button)
Choose new letter 'C' - OK, OK
That fixes your HDD's, continue for other drives (CD/DVD) to suit

 

[Brian Wescombe]

G'Day Will,

Right-Click 'My Computer' - Click 'Manage' - see Management Window

In the Left Pane Click 'Disk Management' - wait ...
-
see all drives at Top Right

1. If there is any drive with letter 'D' then
Right-Click it - Click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'
Change (button)
Choose a new letter (say M or N) - OK, OK
(Letter 'D' is now available for HDD 1)
2. Right-Click 'C' - Click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'
Change (button)
Choose new letter 'D' - OK, OK
(Letter 'C' is now available for HDD 0, HDD 1 is correct at 'D')
3. Right-Click 'F' - Click 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'
Change (button)
Choose new letter 'C' - OK, OK

Won't work - the system/boot drive's letter cannot be changed from within
Windows

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

can anyone help I have 2 internal drives main drive is now :F: and
drive without an OS just for Backup is :C: ____both drives are now
NTFS and I want to change my main OS drv :F: back to its original
letter of : C :___this came about due to reinstalling XP Pro and
changing the drv from FAT to NTFS

Sorry, but you can not. You can change the drive letter of other drives, but
not the one Windows is on.

 

[frodo]

you can't change it, and don't worry about it, it sould work just fine.
in fact, your system is now a bit more secure, because some "bad guys"
make the assumption that the system drive is C: and their scripts just
attack the C: drive blindly, so in your case you're protected from these
sort of dummies. learn to live w/ it, it's not so bad...

 

[W&BJ]

can anyone help I have 2 internal drives main drive is now :F: and drive
without an OS just for Backup is :C: ____both drives are now NTFS and I
want to change my main OS drv :F: back to its original letter of : C
:___this came about due to reinstalling XP Pro and changing the drv from
FAT to NTFS_________thanking you all
With Kind Regards from Will

Thanks lads will live with it___I did try disk management __and no, you
cannot change your sys drv letter