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Rich Barry
Take a look here http://tinyurl.com/jiz5
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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,
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.
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| I'm having a problem with XP assigning my NTFS harddrive
| (E instead of (c how do I reassign my hard drive to
| (C?
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,
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
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| I'm having a problem with XP assigning my NTFS harddrive
| (E
instead of (c how do I reassign my hard drive to| (C
?
C
Carey Frisch [MVP]
Warning: Do not use the procedure that is described in that article
to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed.
If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system.
Follow the procedure that is described in that article only to recover
from a drive letter change, not to change an existing computer drive to
something else.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Take a look here http://tinyurl.com/jiz5
| | > I'm having a problem with XP assigning my NTFS harddrive
| > (E instead of (c how do I reassign my hard drive to
| > (C?
to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed.
If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system.
Follow the procedure that is described in that article only to recover
from a drive letter change, not to change an existing computer drive to
something else.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Take a look here http://tinyurl.com/jiz5
| | > I'm having a problem with XP assigning my NTFS harddrive
| > (E
instead of (c how do I reassign my hard drive to| > (C
?