UNKNOWN DEVICE

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I formated and re-installed XP Home and found that my
system partition has been assigned as drive F. I can't
change it back to C. I since noticed that if I attempt
to re-install XP finds a different device and states the
following: 'Unknown Device - there is no disk in this
device'.
Even when I disconnect the hard drive I get the same
error. I've even flashed the system bios, to no avail.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
 
If you use pro,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,at cmd
screen type:DiskPart In DiskPart delete xp partition,create,esc.,then type:
EXIT Reboot to xp cd,install xp.If home,boot to xp cd,install xp,delete OS
partition (xp),create,install,xp will reformat and reasign proper letter.
 
I took the below step but it did not help. I can access
the real partition and manipulate it however I like. The
problem is the system thinks there is a disk that does
not exist and cannot be accessed. The exact message on
the screen is:

Unknown Disk
(There is no disk in this drive.)
38163 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on BUS 0 on atapi (MBR)

C: Partition 1 (local drive) [NTFS] 38154 MB (37150 MB
free)
Unpartitioned space 8 MB

XP consequently assigns drive letter C: to the
unavailable 'removeable device'.
-----Original Message-----
If you use pro,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,at cmd
screen type:DiskPart In DiskPart delete xp
Click to expand...
partition,create,esc.,then type:
 
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