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May 28th, 2003, 05:49 PM
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I added a second HD to a W2k machine that was running fine. After installing the new drive as Primary Slave and jumpering it correctly, I went to My Computer and the Primary Master drive was now E: and the new drive was F:, and the CD was D: .... there is no C: drive showing.
I have tried everything I can think of but can not get the Master drive letter back to C:.
Any suggestions?
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May 28th, 2003, 08:16 PM
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The way I would do this is:
-open up disk manager
-right-click on the drive you want to be drive c, and hit "change drive letter"
-reboot
Then it will be seen as your C drive. It's the same procedure to change around any of your other drive letters, except CD drives don't require the reboot.
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May 28th, 2003, 08:22 PM
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It may not allow you to change the master as it should be set as both the boot and system drives. Why it would change it to E in the first place I don't know, but I've never been able to change it back to C when doing dual boots and multi-disk boots.
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May 28th, 2003, 08:29 PM
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May 28th, 2003, 08:32 PM
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Hmm... only accessible to logged in users. Re-post here? | |
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May 28th, 2003, 09:27 PM
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Nighthawk: been there tried that and nothing.
Whir: It sounds as if you've experienced the same thing. All I did was add a second drive simply for storage and things got funky. The Primary Master was and should still be the boot and system disk. I've just got a straight forward simple setup of 2K... no dual boot etc.
NDC: apparently I have to be a member of Xtreme to view your link. I will get a membership and try again. I notice the similarity of the site name and your member status, coincidental?
Stranger: I'm not certain I understand. Are you saying one must be logged in to view my original post?
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May 28th, 2003, 09:40 PM
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He was saying that anyone must be logged in to view NDC's link.
Ya, I've gone through the ranomization of disk IDs before. Not with a case like that, usually when I try to install on a primary disk and it sets the boot disc as the secondary for some reason. Windows is odd. | |
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May 28th, 2003, 09:49 PM
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Whir: duhhhh suddenly I now understand his message. thanks. | |
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May 28th, 2003, 11:30 PM
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Yep the Tips and Tricks section requires that you be logged in at XPC.
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May 29th, 2003, 04:09 PM
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Finally got my Xtreme membership activated. Thank you for the solution and to turning me on to another good forum and people. | |
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