No C drive

[Ian Edgeler]

Couple of months ago I decided to finally do away with 98se and install XP
pro. Everybody recommended a clean install rather than an upgrade so
connected a new 120gb drive in location previously occupied by C drive and
transferred C to other interface as I wanted to transfer data to new disk.
Installed OEM version of XP which formatted new drive as NTFS and everything
works great. NO crashes at all since installed. Perfect.

Except that XP was installed on (new) drive F, and old disk is still called
C. Not set up as a dual system. Everything works very well even after I
changed the disk allocation for C to Z. But cannot change F as it is the
boot disk and all registry entries point to F.

Decided to go with the flow as everything was working OK without a C drive
but just updated drivers for my Canon N1240U scanner and it appears that
this defaults to drive C without any possibility of being changed, even
though it was previously working fine from drive F.

As I have now transferred all the date from C/Z, I seem to have 2 options.
Either take out C/Z drive and reinstall everything (Oh horror) or find some
software which will allow me to change allocation of F to C and change all
the registry entries.

Has anybody got a suggestion or am I just putting off the inevitable?

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[B]

Possibly you'll get a better solution elsewhere but for
installation of Windvd that came with Windows ME; I
edited the install.js file changing all C: references to
D: (edit replace option)in order to get DVD software that
came with the computer to work with XP Home wich I bought
later.

 

[Ian Edgeler]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll investigate it but I think it's probably
time I sorted it properly before it becomes a big issue
..

 

[Peter Hutchison]

Couple of months ago I decided to finally do away with 98se and install XP
pro. Everybody recommended a clean install rather than an upgrade so
connected a new 120gb drive in location previously occupied by C drive and
transferred C to other interface as I wanted to transfer data to new disk.
Installed OEM version of XP which formatted new drive as NTFS and everything
works great. NO crashes at all since installed. Perfect.

Except that XP was installed on (new) drive F, and old disk is still called
C. Not set up as a dual system. Everything works very well even after I
changed the disk allocation for C to Z. But cannot change F as it is the
boot disk and all registry entries point to F.

Decided to go with the flow as everything was working OK without a C drive
but just updated drivers for my Canon N1240U scanner and it appears that
this defaults to drive C without any possibility of being changed, even
though it was previously working fine from drive F.

As I have now transferred all the date from C/Z, I seem to have 2 options.
Either take out C/Z drive and reinstall everything (Oh horror) or find some
software which will allow me to change allocation of F to C and change all
the registry entries.

You must have missed the part during set up to format C: before
installing Windows XP so it does a clean install.

You cannot change F to C without having to change all the registry
settings and all the shortcuts as well.
Reformat and reinstall again is the best option.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/

 

[Ian Edgeler]

Thanks Peter I was rapidly coming to the same conclusion unfortunately. Oh
well better start digging out the disks and manuals again.

Had a look at your site BTW. Looks great. I've added it to my Favourites.

Many Thanks

Ian Edgeler