Changing Drive Letters in XP

[CrowDog]

Can I change drive letter to partitions without affecting whats installed on the partition? ( I know I can change the letter where the OS is installed. ) When I go to change windows warns that programs may not run anymore if I change the name....is this true?

 

[ivwshane]

You can't change the boot drive letter with out doing some serious hacking and yes it may cause programs not to run. If you just want to change drive letters like your cd-roms drive letter or another partition that you have created like a storage partition then you shouldn't have any problems.

To change drive letters go to control panel--> administrative tools (you may need to switch to classic view)--> computer management--> expand storage--> click on disk management--> right click on the drive you want to change (it should go from white to white with diagnal stripes)--> choose change drive letter and paths.

 

[AndyHui]

Please read the FAQ: How do I change drive letters?

 

[CrowDog]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
Please read the FAQ: How do I change drive letters?

I already know how to do it and read those faqs. Im concerend about programs installed on the partitions.....will they still run properly?

 

[Yomicron]

Originally posted by: CrowDog

Originally posted by: AndyHui
Please read the FAQ: How do I change drive letters?

I already know how to do it and read those faqs. Im concerend about programs installed on the partitions.....will they still run properly?

from that FAQ page:

Many MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs make references to a specific drive letter (for example, environment variables). If you modify the drive letter, these programs may not function correctly.

 

[ivwshane]

I already answered that.