Swapping Drive Letters during installation time

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Jacky Luk

Hi,
My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
Pls comment
Thanks
Jack
 
Ensure that one single hard drive only is connected during the installation.
 
Hi,
My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
Pls comment
Thanks
Jack
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How to Change Windows XP Drive Letter Assignments:
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/drltr.htm

HOW TO: Change Drive Letter Assignments in Windows XP (Q307844).
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307844

How To Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows XP, 2k
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223188
 
That last article should be used ***only*** if the boot drive letter was C:\
to begin with and was inadvertantly changed. If it was not, do NOT use the
steps there under any circumstances. That article is meant to correct an
error, not as a means of changing the original installation.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Jacky said:
Hi,
My XP CD installs the boot drive to N: , how do I change it back to C: ? I
am about to reinstall everything cos everything got messed up so severely.
Pls comment
Thanks
Jack
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Disconnect all peripheral devices during the install particularly zip
drives and other external drives. All that's needed is the keyboard,
mouse, single CD drive, and single hard drive.
 
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