Solve : Drive lettering?

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Answer» Hi everyone, I have an HP Pavilion a850e pc with the fallowing hardware: 1) AMD 64 bit processor 2) Seagate 250gig Hdd 3) DVD/CD read/write combo drive 4) DVD ROM drive 5) Multi card reader 6) OS is Microsoft Windows Pro SVC pac 3, ver 2002 Problem: the system CRASHED and I had to wipe the hard drive and reload the OS not a problem. The fun started afterwards, my hard drive that was the C drive is now the I drive. It seems that the OS recognized the drives in the card reader as individual drives and numbered them so. Now I cannot load anything to the hard drive because of it. I have tried to re-letter the drive but Windows will not let me. Please help, thank you Daniel <&GT;< I'd personally remove the card reader and re-install... Quote from: patio on NOVEMBER 27, 2010, 11:02:40 AM I'd personally remove the card reader and re-install... I would AGREE, disconnect the card reader. However, there must be a way to do this without reinstalling Windows. Is there actually a C-drive assigned to some device, the card reader? Reboot Windows without the card reader & it may assign "C" to the hard drive. Then reconnect the card reader without shutting down Windows or shutting the computer off. The connection is USB & I have connected & disconnected the DIN-header many times while troubleshooting. Just be careful. If that doesn't work, try this. Image the boot drive and remove the "assigned C-drive", Windows may see the hard drive as C-drive. Then reconnect the other devices.There's not a way to do this without a re-install if Windows is on a drive labeled I... Quote from: patio on November 27, 2010, 03:39:01 PM There's not a way to do this without a re-install if Windows is on a drive labeled I... How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows Quote Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed. If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system. If he changes the boot path under MSCONFIG to the "C" drive from the "I'' drive, wouldn't that take care of it? After performing the swap, i mean.No. Because the bootup files were created on "I" and it likely will not boot... Quote from: patio on November 28, 2010, 12:11:17 AM Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed. If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system. Nothing to lose if you have to reinstall Windows, anyway. Quote from: Computer_Commando on November 28, 2010, 02:01:03 PM Nothing to lose if you have to reinstall Windows, anyway. Which is what i suggested... Quote from: patio on November 28, 2010, 03:02:42 PM Which is what i suggested... Yes, but if it does work, he won't have to reinstall Windows. So, there's really no risk.Very true...

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Hi everyone, I have an HP Pavilion a850e pc with the fallowing hardware:
1) AMD 64 bit processor
2) Seagate 250gig Hdd
3) DVD/CD read/write combo drive
4) DVD ROM drive
5) Multi card reader
6) OS is Microsoft Windows Pro SVC pac 3, ver 2002

Problem: the system CRASHED and I had to wipe the hard drive and reload the OS not a problem. The fun started afterwards, my hard drive that was the C drive is now the I drive. It seems that the OS recognized the drives in the card reader as individual drives and numbered them so. Now I cannot load anything to the hard drive because of it. I have tried to re-letter the drive but Windows will not let me. Please help, thank you Daniel <&GT;<
I'd personally remove the card reader and re-install... Quote from: patio on NOVEMBER 27, 2010, 11:02:40 AM

I'd personally remove the card reader and re-install...

I would AGREE, disconnect the card reader. However, there must be a way to do this without reinstalling Windows.

Is there actually a C-drive assigned to some device, the card reader?
Reboot Windows without the card reader & it may assign "C" to the hard drive. Then reconnect the card reader without shutting down Windows or shutting the computer off. The connection is USB & I have connected & disconnected the DIN-header many times while troubleshooting. Just be careful.

If that doesn't work, try this. Image the boot drive and remove the "assigned C-drive", Windows may see the hard drive as C-drive. Then reconnect the other devices.There's not a way to do this without a re-install if Windows is on a drive labeled I... Quote from: patio on November 27, 2010, 03:39:01 PM

There's not a way to do this without a re-install if Windows is on a drive labeled I...

How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows Quote

Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed. If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system.

If he changes the boot path under MSCONFIG to the "C" drive from the "I'' drive, wouldn't that take care of it? After performing the swap, i mean.No.
Because the bootup files were created on "I" and it likely will not boot... Quote from: patio on November 28, 2010, 12:11:17 AM

Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed. If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system.

Nothing to lose if you have to reinstall Windows, anyway. Quote from: Computer_Commando on November 28, 2010, 02:01:03 PM

Nothing to lose if you have to reinstall Windows, anyway.

Which is what i suggested... Quote from: patio on November 28, 2010, 03:02:42 PM

Which is what i suggested...

Yes, but if it does work, he won't have to reinstall Windows. So, there's really no risk.Very true...

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