Assigning HDD as C: - Automatic or adjustment needed?

[leepark]

I have 1 hard drive, 1 floppy, 1 DVD, and 1 CD. I want the hard drive to be teh C: drive. Will the computer assign the hard drive as the C: automatically? Do I have to unplug any of the other devices prior to installing OS to achieve this?

 

[biostud]

No, one harddrive will always be C:

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: biostud
No, one harddrive will always be C:

 

[LTC8K6]

Unplug any external drives before installing XP or they may be given letters before the HDD! That includes memory card readers.

 

[leepark]

That's exactly what happened the first time. I had an iPod and Palm plugged in and the HDD was assigned G:. Is it okay to have the the floppy (Mitsumi 7 in 1 floppy and card) plugged in?

 

[modedepe]

Even if something does get switched, it's easy to change.

Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management

click on disk managment

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: modedepe
Even if something does get switched, it's easy to change.

Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management

click on disk managment

However you can't re-assign the system drive as 'C' if it's not already

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet

Originally posted by: modedepe
Even if something does get switched, it's easy to change.

Control panel > Administrative tools > Computer management

click on disk managment

However you can't re-assign the system drive as 'C' if it's not already

Ah, you're right. Forgot about that.

 

[LTC8K6]

I wouldn't trust it. I'd leave that 7 in 1 drive unplugged and install it after you've got the system up and running well.

 

[Monkey muppet]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I wouldn't trust it. I'd leave that 7 in 1 drive unplugged and install it after you've got the system up and running well.

Agreed ^ - install windows with just one HDD and one optical. then add the rest when everything is up and running