i have a really annoying problem with windows that has to do with windows automatically assigning drive letters. i originally had two hard drives in my computer, the primary master 160gb and the other hd 80gb. the 160 was divided up into three partitions: c,d,e and the 80gb: f,g,h.
the load on the 160gb hd started acting funky so i decided to format the drive. i installed windows and divided it into three partitions. when i was done installing, lo and behold i found windows had assigned the drive letters h,i,j to my newly formatted hard drive.
how can i prevent windows from doing this? i want to restore it back to how it orginally was with partitions c,d and e assigned to the 160gb hd. i have already tried to remove the slave in the bios but windows still see's it :|.
ps: physically removing the 80gb hd would not be an option because it would create too much of a mess to rip out my computer guts.
thanks.
the load on the 160gb hd started acting funky so i decided to format the drive. i installed windows and divided it into three partitions. when i was done installing, lo and behold i found windows had assigned the drive letters h,i,j to my newly formatted hard drive.
how can i prevent windows from doing this? i want to restore it back to how it orginally was with partitions c,d and e assigned to the 160gb hd. i have already tried to remove the slave in the bios but windows still see's it :|.
ps: physically removing the 80gb hd would not be an option because it would create too much of a mess to rip out my computer guts.
thanks.
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