Extra drive appeared

[Alan Powell]

For some reason the fat partition on my c: drive has
become drive G:, & I would like to restore it as a
partition on drive c: , can anyone please tell me how I
do this.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Alan,

Start/run diskmgmt.msc, right-click "G" and choose "change drive letter and
paths".

Note: You cannot change the drive letter assigned the system partitions. If
you installed a program to "G", then you may need to reinstall the program
if you change the drive letter so that the files in the system folder and
registry entries all point in the right direction. It may be advisable to
uninstall the program, then change the drive letter, and reinstall the
software.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Alan Powell]

Hi

When I right click "G" I only get a help otion appear

-----Original Message-----
Hi Alan,

Start/run diskmgmt.msc, right-click "G" and

choose "change drive letter and

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Alan,

Are you logged on as administrator?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Alex Nichol]

For some reason the fat partition on my c: drive has
become drive G:, & I would like to restore it as a
partition on drive c:

This is a bit unclear. A partition is a section of a given physical
drive, and C: would be a partition, not a physical drive, so you may
have a g: on the same drive as your c: is, but can't have a g 'on' the
c;

IF (and only if) what has happened is that the partition with Windows in
it used to be C and is suddenly G without your doing anything, then it
is possible to change that back, but not through disk management. And
only for that case - if it has become G after a reformat and new setup
you are stuck unless you go back and start over, reformatting and
removing the cause (eg a Zip drive getting its nose in).

But - in that case only - Start - Run - regedit.exe, open the left pane
to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MountedDevices
and look in the right pane for
DosDevices\G:

Double click that and very carefully change the G: to C: (start with a
left arrow so you do not rub out the whole thing). If there is already
a \C: entry change that one to have some unused letter first.
Shut regedit and close/restart