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Solve : HDD not showing as C Drive? |
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Answer» Hi, what IS did you load? You mean OS - Win XP SP3.Reinstall. Disconnect all external drives before installing.you may want to read this link from the microsoft website as well. There's no need to make this complicated. If an external drive is connected when the OS is INSTALLED it will be the c: drive. You need to start from scratch with no external drives connected. Quote from: Allan on October 20, 2010, 12:36:51 PM There's no need to make this complicated. If an external drive is connected when the OS is installed it will be the c: drive. You need to start from scratch with no external drives connected. Quote from: Parry on October 20, 2010, 11:16:18 AM Today only I got a desktop assembled with Internal Card Reader.Don't confuse the OP, he said it's an internal card reader (which is USB, connected to the mobo USB header). Quote from: Parry on October 20, 2010, 11:16:18 AM the Removable Disk (which is the card reader) is being shown as C: Drive.so Parry, 1. remove the card reader 2. reinstall the OS 3. reattach the card reader back as it was before 4. use your computer as normal. I guess it doesn't matter whether you call it EXTERNAL or INTERNAL, but the thing is, it's a removable device. I guess INTERNAL just meant it's hidden under the computer's case instead of sitting on your desk or such in plain view. I suppose we've gone far enough on this TOPIC until Parry comes back and tells us how it went.Thanks 2x3i5x, Allan & Computer_Commando for your replies & debate. That was one suspicion I had, but was not sure. Will try out as per your suggestions & revert. So let me get this right... you just want to change the drive letters around? No need to friggen remove / format anything! Go to Disk Management Ensure you have Administrator rights. Click Start > Control Panel > 'Performance and Maintenance'. Click Administrative Tools > Computer Management, and then click 'Disk Management' in the left pane. Right-click the drive, the partition, the logical drive, or the volume that you want to assign a drive letter to, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths. Click Change. Pick a drive letter. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the drive letter change. You can swap them around to whatever you want. Under the BIOS you can setup the boot order too if needed.Buddy, just STARTED the format. Quote from: Azzaboi on October 21, 2010, 01:58:06 AM No need to friggen remove / format anything! BTW for info, Will that work perfectly without any issues later. Quote BTW for info, Will that work perfectly without any issues later. To answer your question : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844 Thanks jason2074, but being a totally new system/ HDD neither wanted to take any chances nor had second thoughts on formatting. Quote from: Azzaboi on October 21, 2010, 01:58:06 AM So let me get this right... you just want to change the drive letters around? No need to friggen remove / format anything!You cannot change the system drive designation in this manner. Aside from the rude language in your post, it would be nice if you knew what you were talking about just once. |
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