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Guest
Hello:
I have always thought that the C drive system disk should be disk 0 in
Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk Managment. I
recently did a re-install of Windows XP Pro with only the C drive connected.
The install went OK and I then reinstalled all of my software. I did this
because one of my programs was revertng back to an expired 30 day trial and
after trying everything the company suggested I reinstall Windows. This
software that I paid $500 for reverts back to the expire trial if it thinks
the C drive serial number has changed. I have discovered that immediately
after I reinstalled XP the system disk C was disk 0. I turned off the
computer, opened the case and reconnected my second hard drive "D" and
restarted the machine. I then plugged in my two Firewire 800 external
drives. I went into Disk Management and the system disk (C) was still disk
0. Tonight when I tried to open the software mentioned above it reverted
back to the expired 30 day trial. I checked in Disk Management and the
system disk (C) is now showing as disk 1. There is no disk 0 listed. I am
sure that this is why my software is reverting back to the expired trial - it
thinks the C disk has changed.
Does anyone know why the system disk C is changing from disk 0 to disk 1?
Thanks!
Bill
I have always thought that the C drive system disk should be disk 0 in
Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Disk Managment. I
recently did a re-install of Windows XP Pro with only the C drive connected.
The install went OK and I then reinstalled all of my software. I did this
because one of my programs was revertng back to an expired 30 day trial and
after trying everything the company suggested I reinstall Windows. This
software that I paid $500 for reverts back to the expire trial if it thinks
the C drive serial number has changed. I have discovered that immediately
after I reinstalled XP the system disk C was disk 0. I turned off the
computer, opened the case and reconnected my second hard drive "D" and
restarted the machine. I then plugged in my two Firewire 800 external
drives. I went into Disk Management and the system disk (C) was still disk
0. Tonight when I tried to open the software mentioned above it reverted
back to the expired 30 day trial. I checked in Disk Management and the
system disk (C) is now showing as disk 1. There is no disk 0 listed. I am
sure that this is why my software is reverting back to the expired trial - it
thinks the C disk has changed.
Does anyone know why the system disk C is changing from disk 0 to disk 1?
Thanks!
Bill