New raptor reading as F: instead of C: ?!?

[Soulkeeper]

Anyone know how i can change this drive to C: ??
certain software won't let me install it with it the way it is



thanks

 

[DarkAmeba]

You must already have a drive assigned to C: Here's how to change it.

WARNING!: This may cause many programs to stop working until you reinstall them!

Go to:
Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management
Under "Storage" in the left side look for "Disk Management"
Right click the hard drive you want to edit and choose "change drive letter and paths"

If you already have a "C" drive you'll have to reassign that drive to free up C fisrt. Good luck!

 

[Soulkeeper]

yeah i took C: out and installed it in another system, but it never moved F: to c:
and when i try what you suggest it says this: windows cannot modify the drive letter of your system volume or boot volume

i have a secondary drive on d: and my cdrom on e:

 

[DarkAmeba]

Ugh.. thats a problem. Not sure why windows would install to F instead of the default C. I'd recommend you try Partition Magic if you have access to it. It's solved tons of my disk issues. I'm assuming the raptor has your windoes files on it right??

 

[mechBgon]

Reinstall with the Raptor as the only drive in the system, delete its existing F: partition and create a new partition. If it insists on calling it F:, then start again but this time delete all the partitions, exit Setup completely with the F3 key, and start from the top again.

After Windows is set up, you can add other drives.

 

[DarkAmeba]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Reinstall with the Raptor as the only drive in the system, delete its existing F: partition and create a new partition. If it insists on calling it F:, then start again but this time delete all the partitions, exit Setup completely with the F3 key, and start from the top again.

After Windows is set up, you can add other drives.

Thats will definatly solve the problem. I was assuming he didn't want to reformat. If you don't mind reformatting... do as the man says

 

[Soulkeeper]

that sounds like too much trouble
i had to call MS 3 times just to get this installation activated

once during the install, once after installing the drivers, then again because they had a 2 hour maintenance and couldn't help me or something

had to first read the 54 digits to the voice automated thing and then to the person, then type 54 more digits they read to me each time i called

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
that sounds like too much trouble
i had to call MS 3 times just to get this installation activated

once during the install, once after installing the drivers, then again because they had a 2 hour maintenance and couldn't help me or something

Why not activate it over the IntarWeb? The few times I've done it, it worked in a matter of moments. Anyway, if there's a way to change the drive letter of the boot partition in WinXP, then my humble self is not aware of it. Anyone...?

 

[DarkAmeba]

I've done it with Partion Magic. That involves buying a program though.

 

[Soulkeeper]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
that sounds like too much trouble
i had to call MS 3 times just to get this installation activated

once during the install, once after installing the drivers, then again because they had a 2 hour maintenance and couldn't help me or something

Why not activate it over the IntarWeb? The few times I've done it, it worked in a matter of moments. Anyway, if there's a way to change the drive letter of the boot partition in WinXP, then my humble self is not aware of it. Anyone...?

i think someone used my cd key before i bought winxp so all the installs were used up already
so i gotta call everytime now

 

[Soulkeeper]

what do you guys think about booting into safe mode and trying it from there ??

also i read on another forum that formatting the MBR will fix the problem, but apparently this only works for fat32...

btw i can change my secondary drive to C: i just can't change my primary drive to anything but F:

I am using the intel sata

do you think using the silicon image raid controller might fix the problem ?

 

[DarkAmeba]

If you don't mind just reformatting, check your PMs

 

[Soulkeeper]

maybe i should call MS

that's what i pay them for right ??

 

[Bar81]

If it's annoying you that much maybe it's worth it to do a clean install. If so, the Raptor should be the *only* HD connected during install. That's the only way I've found to have the Raptor be C: Otherwise installing the OS on the Raptor still causes the drive to not be C: with an ATA hard drive attached.

 

[Soulkeeper]

ok thanks for all the input everyone

i might just hafta reinstall

 

[oog]

There's a place in the registry where each partition is mapped to a drive letter. You may be able to change it there. I don't have the registry location right now, but I can look it up tomorrow if a search in Google fails you.

 

[Kenazo]

I have a USB 6-1 flash card reader that took drive letters C through H. My hard drive was I and my cd drives were J and K. needless to say, I unplugged my stupid card reader and reinstalled.

 

[JBT]

with SATA installs you must have ONLY the SATA drive and CD-Rom drive plugged in. The last time I installed I accidently left everything plugged in... wupss my friggen USB pen drive even got a better drive letter.. I ended up with my Raptor as Drive G I belive lol. As soon as I saw it in "my Computer" I was like doh. Damn good thing this only takes 15 minutes or I'd be ticked... turned it off unplugged all unnecisarry drives and started over again. oh well live an learn.

 

[JackBurton]

I haven't tried this on a SATA drive before, but....

Make a DOS boot disk in Windows XP. Reboot your machine and boot from the diskette. Now at the command prompt type, FDISK /MBR. Once complete, eject the diskette and reboot. Your Raptor should now be your C: drive.

 

[phray]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
I haven't tried this on a SATA drive before, but....

Make a DOS boot disk in Windows XP. Reboot your machine and boot from the diskette. Now at the command prompt type, FDISK /MBR. Once complete, eject the diskette and reboot. Your Raptor should now be your C: drive.

actually with xp, its quicker to just boot to the cd and hit 'r' for the recovery console. once in there you can just type 'fixmbr'. i like this because it doesnt involve floppies

 

[So]

Just two days ago, I was installing XP on my system and had the EXACT seam problem. I installed windows and it came up on D. I was a bit :| about that so after trying to fix it in windows, I did some repartitioning and ended up reinstalling. The next install resulted in windows being put on the K: drive :shocked:! So I gave it some thought. Fortunately all the data on my SATA drive was backed up so I wiped the ENTIRE drive (no paritions, nothing), took all my other drives completely out of the system. Then I installed windows and got it on C. After that, I went back in to Partition Magic and I reized the windows partition and copied the other partitions back from an old drive. Finally, one at a time, I put the other two drives back. Finally, I got my rig working the way I want it.

K: :shocked:!