Boot Drive is E:

[tatteredpotato]

I have a 250gig HDD I used to run windows XP on. I just got an 80 gig that I want to put all my system files and programs on, so my music and movies can go on the 250. When I finished installing XP, I noticed that E: (the 80 gig) was the boot drive.

Why is it doing this?

 

[montag451]

The boot drive doesn't automatically become C:
I think it would be the drive or at least the first partition on the drive on the primary channel as a Master that would be C: unless you specify otherwise.

Anyway, it won't do any harm - I used to have my system on another letter to fool the more basic malware (this was some time ago).
It is possible to play around and get the system partition to be C: but it really isn't worth it unless you experience problems.

 

[JackMDS]

How did you installed WinXP on the new HD. Did you take the 250 Drive out?

 

[RebateMonger]

When installing XP, it checks ALL the "drives on the PC, looking for previous Windows installs. If it finds one, it leaves that drive letter along and uses the next available drive for the new System disk.

 

[tatteredpotato]

Yea, I figured it was because I had the 250 in with a Windows install on it. Anyways I figured this would annoy me, so I just installed XP over again after formating the 250 gig.