Odd drive letter assignment

[Bill Talbot]

I bought a built-from-scratch computer and opted to
install XP Home myself and save the install fee. When I
loaded XP Home to a brand-spanking new hard drive, XP gave
it a drive assignment of H:. One of the USB ports on the
front of the case comes up as drive C:. Due to some work
software limitations, I need the boot drive (the hard
drive) to be C:. Can anyone help out? I've already
backed up everything and I am totally willing to reformat
and reinstall...I just have no idea of how to tell XP to
call the hard drive the C: drive instead of the H: drive.

Thanks!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Physically disconnect all connections leading from your USB device,
then perform a "clean install". After installing XP, reconnect the USB
device.

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I bought a built-from-scratch computer and opted to
| install XP Home myself and save the install fee. When I
| loaded XP Home to a brand-spanking new hard drive, XP gave
| it a drive assignment of H:. One of the USB ports on the
| front of the case comes up as drive C:. Due to some work
| software limitations, I need the boot drive (the hard
| drive) to be C:. Can anyone help out? I've already
| backed up everything and I am totally willing to reformat
| and reinstall...I just have no idea of how to tell XP to
| call the hard drive the C: drive instead of the H: drive.
|
| Thanks!

 

[Bill Talbot]

Thanks for the advice and the website to go over the
clean install! I'll do it tonight and post the results
for posterity. Much appreciated!!