Win XP on wrong drive

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Werner Stern

I had to reinstall Windows XP prof. I wanted it on the "C" drive. It
installed onto the "D" drive (I have 2 separate HDD's.)

Without reinstalling again, as I have set up my desktop with my most used
programs, How to get it over to the "C" drive. I don't want a dual boot
system.

Can I just copy the windows directory from "D" to "C" or is there something
else I must do?

Thanks for any help.
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Werner
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Is there any particular reason for moving it to drive c: other than
convension...if it works why change it?
Also, is drive c: your primary hard drive and drive d: is your secondary
hard drive; or are they different partitions on the same physical hard
drive?

You may try using partition magic. It has a drive mapper tool that allows
you to change the drive letter and then searches your hard drive for any
reference to the old drive letter and changes it to the new drive letter.

NOTE:
You can't and shouldn't just copy the contents of your d: drive to the c:
drive, because everything on your computer will 'think' it's still on the d
drive, and nothing will work!

Nathan
 
There is no shortcut here. Use the older and small of the drives as a
backup, and store the files and information you wish to keep on the older
drive. Then physically remove it from the computer and reboot from the
Windows XP CD. Go into Recovery Console, and delete the primary partition.
Remember that this will cause **ALL** information left on the computer to be
permanently lost. Then install Windows XP clean (it will be on Drive C:) and
run all critical and recommended updates, which will take a few hours. Then
set a Restore Point.
Then, one by one, install your applications again, and run all required
upgrades. Set a Restore point after each one.
This takes the better part of a day, but it is worth it as it removes a
lot of headaches. When you re-insert the old hard disk, use it *only* for
data storage, not as a bootable disk.
 
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