Registry and norton speed disk show a G hard drive installed.

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Installed a seagate sata drive. I t installed to G drive. I copied my
operating system to it. Followed (winXP pro sp2)instructions to change the c
drive to D and the G drive to c. The computer boots up okay and seems to
funtion properly.
Norton gave me an error message abouit the G drive. Its speed disk shows a G
drive
installed.
My computer and explorer don't show a G drive. Go toMy Computer and right
click
choose manage. Then go to disk management it shows no G drive. But my 2 Cd
are lettered F and H. In Tweak ui under drive it has no chack in the g drive
box.
My computer thinks that the G drive is installed.

In the registry under Hkey local machine,system mounted device, data a G
drive is listed with the same exact dat as the newly installed G drive. If I
delete it and reboot the computer it gives me a norton error and the entry
goes back into the registry.
If I try to change my H drive cd the G drive will return to my computer and
the H drive leaves. But in disk management everything is proper.

Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.
 
You didn't mention what drive your operating system is installed on but you
cannot change the system or boot partition drive letters without
reinstalling the operating system.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Installed a seagate sata drive. I t installed to G drive. I copied my
| operating system to it. Followed (winXP pro sp2)instructions to change the
c
| drive to D and the G drive to c. The computer boots up okay and seems to
| funtion properly.
| Norton gave me an error message abouit the G drive. Its speed disk shows a
G
| drive
| installed.
| My computer and explorer don't show a G drive. Go toMy Computer and right
| click
| choose manage. Then go to disk management it shows no G drive. But my 2 Cd
| are lettered F and H. In Tweak ui under drive it has no chack in the g
drive
| box.
| My computer thinks that the G drive is installed.
|
| In the registry under Hkey local machine,system mounted device, data a G
| drive is listed with the same exact dat as the newly installed G drive. If
I
| delete it and reboot the computer it gives me a norton error and the entry
| goes back into the registry.
| If I try to change my H drive cd the G drive will return to my computer
and
| the H drive leaves. But in disk management everything is proper.
|
| Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.
|
 
Dave Patrick said:
You didn't mention what drive your operating system is installed on but you
cannot change the system or boot partition drive letters without
reinstalling the operating system.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Installed a seagate sata drive. I t installed to G drive. I copied my
| operating system to it. Followed (winXP pro sp2)instructions to change the
c
| drive to D and the G drive to c. The computer boots up okay and seems to
| funtion properly.
| Norton gave me an error message abouit the G drive. Its speed disk shows a
G
| drive
| installed.
| My computer and explorer don't show a G drive. Go toMy Computer and right
| click
| choose manage. Then go to disk management it shows no G drive. But my 2 Cd
| are lettered F and H. In Tweak ui under drive it has no chack in the g
drive
| box.
| My computer thinks that the G drive is installed.
|
| In the registry under Hkey local machine,system mounted device, data a G
| drive is listed with the same exact dat as the newly installed G drive. If
I
| delete it and reboot the computer it gives me a norton error and the entry
| goes back into the registry.
| If I try to change my H drive cd the G drive will return to my computer
and
| the H drive leaves. But in disk management everything is proper.
|
| Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered.
|
Dave- It is now the C drive. I changed it using a memo from Microsoft's knowlege base saying how to do it. It was through the registry mentioned above.
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Sorry, can't be done. Restore, yes. Change, no.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| > Dave- It is now the C drive. I changed it using a memo from
Microsoft's knowlege base saying how to do it. It was through the registry
mentioned above.
|
|
| >
| >
 
Dave: I have the original data on my C drive. If I recopy it to my G
drive.(sata) Is there any way that it the G drive can become my system drive,
and function under win Xp pro sp2.

I'm have in the past installed a new hardrive, copied the data to the new
drive. then made it the master and the old, the slave. Xp recognised it as
the new boot drive.

My new drive is faster and larger is my reason for wanting it to be the
system drive.

Thanks for your fast response and help.
 
If all you have is data on C:\ you can copy it anywhere you like. The system
partition is the first primary active partition (where the boot sector
resides) The boot partition is the partition where the operating system is
installed. The system and boot partitions can be the same partition. The
drive letter for the boot partition can't change without reinstalling the
operating system.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Dave: I have the original data on my C drive. If I recopy it to my G
| drive.(sata) Is there any way that it the G drive can become my system
drive,
| and function under win Xp pro sp2.
|
| I'm have in the past installed a new hardrive, copied the data to the new
| drive. then made it the master and the old, the slave. Xp recognised it as
| the new boot drive.
|
| My new drive is faster and larger is my reason for wanting it to be the
| system drive.
|
| Thanks for your fast response and help.
 
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