System will not boot

[Jonathan]

I had an NTFS partition at the front of my hd assigned
the letter g with xp home running on it and next (letter
c) another instance of xp home. After removing that
partition and all the partition in the logical section of
the drive, the g drive with the instance of windows i
want to keep became the c drive. This rendered my system
un bootable.

I believe if I could change the drive letter back all
would be great, but I cannot find any documentation about
changing drive letters from the recovery console and I
cannot do it from Partition Magic.

Please help! I really need to get my computer running
soon so that I can get things done. Thank you for your
help.

Jonathan

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

*If* you can load the "g" installation, use the steps here (written for
Win2000, but it's the same for WinXP):

HOW TO: Change the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows [Q223188]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223188

Otherwise, you will need to do an in-place repair installation to correct
all the misdirected pointers. Follow these steps to do a repair install
which should preserve your data, settings, and programs:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive.
2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to start
from
the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you want
to
repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.

Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
handy before you begin.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Jonathan]

Won't I have to re-install all of my programs that way?
Thanks for the help.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jonathan,

Yep, you probably will, as they will all be pointing to the wrong places as
well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone