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October 2nd, 2009, 07:08 PM
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| | Light to Counter the Dim
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I want to globally edit the registry and change everything that startd "E:\" to "C:\".
Is the registry just a text file than can be edited with something like Ultra Edit?
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October 12th, 2009, 11:48 AM
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October 12th, 2009, 12:05 PM
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| | Ride 'em Cowboy
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If you recently did an install and had other drives hooked up and Windows ended up on E drive-> Start Over.
Or, 99% of the time you won't have any issues if Windows is on the E drive.
I think there might maybe be some $oftware out there that would help....bit I would just redo the install.
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October 12th, 2009, 12:23 PM
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Steve, that's not practical. It's not a new install. Last year, the C drive was the primary but things got flaky on it (crashes etc.) So, I added a drive and built a new install from stratch (on E). Now, everything is installed on E but that drive is only 30GB while the C drive is 300GB. Thus, I want to clone E->C and boot from C. However, the registry is mapping everything as E:\...
My solution is to edit the registry to globally change all the E:\ values as C:\
If the registry is just a flat text file, any editor can perform the job. If it is no, then I'll need a special program. | |
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October 12th, 2009, 12:47 PM
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| | Ride 'em Cowboy
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No can do....Can't have two C drives....
If your 300 gig drive is Empty, you could clone the E drive to the larger drive...but it will still be E drive...As you've seen, you can run pretty well with Windows being on E.
You're in a fairly common situation and the only known/recommended option if you really want windows to be on "C" is to start over with a fresh install. | |
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October 12th, 2009, 01:03 PM
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Yeah, I made that mistake on Marcia's machine. Now her boot drive's F. Too hard to start over.
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October 12th, 2009, 01:19 PM
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| | He who is Nude.....
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You could also 'mount' the current "C" drive (300 GB) onto the current "E" drive.....
You could then move any data from the "E" onto the "C" and be done with it.
The other alternative could be to image the "E" drive (from HDD2) and blow it back onto the current "C" drive (HDD1) and use HDD2 as your data storage location....
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October 12th, 2009, 01:28 PM
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I'm probably way off on this one, but what about...
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management >
..Then on the left pane..
Storage > Disk Management.
From here you can change drive letters.
Thats in Vista.
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October 12th, 2009, 01:38 PM
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| | He who is Nude.....
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You can do that, but it only changes the letter that the HDD is using - all the entries in the registry/etc will still be looking for the original drive letter specified.... | |
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October 12th, 2009, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by railfrog  I'm probably way off on this one, but what about...
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management >
..Then on the left pane..
Storage > Disk Management.
From here you can change drive letters.
Thats in Vista. | Windows won't let you change the "system" volume... | |
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