Hard disk replacement/letter assignment
From: Stephen (graybeal_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: 01/06/04
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:09:30 -0500
I'm using Windows XP Pro and recently upgraded from a 20 to 80 GB hard
drive. In order to copy all my files over, I installed the new one before
removing the old one. I then installed Windows on it to make sure all the
files that are always in use got copied. Things work just fine with the
exception of reinstalling a few third party applications. My problem is
that after removing the old drive to free the drive letter C:, the new drive
became the 'System' drive and DISKPART won't let me change it. The watered
down version of DISKPART in the recovery console won't let you do anything
besides delete partitions. I need a way to assign this new drive the C:.
Even re-assigning the old drive to a different letter and then booting off
of it won't let me change the new drive letter because it is still the
'System' drive, and the old one somehow goes back to C: and is also
unchangeable because it is the 'Boot' drive.
There must be a way to do this without deleting the entire partition and
having to reformat and recopy. Even if I did that, booting off the old
drive would still force me to use something other than C:
Stephen
graybeal@bellatlantic.net
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