Hard Drive Letter Assignment

m3trj · 11-01-2005, 03:34 AM

OK I made a mess of a 200GB hard drive and so I used KillDisk on it to wipe it and reinstalled Windows. The problem is that after installing Windows it is now a J drive, not C. Why is this, and is there any way to make it back into C before I install all my software, etc?

Thanks.

Defence · 11-01-2005, 07:10 AM

Hi,
How many partitions do you have?
You can use partition manager software, it allows to move your partition from one to another without loosing any data.
Due to intuitive windows wizard, you can do it safely.
Also it's very usefull program for the future. You could easily resize partition of any size.
Tried software.

EricB · 11-01-2005, 07:17 AM

you have to pay attention to that when you are installing windows.

tractorboy · 11-01-2005, 11:59 AM

do you have card readers , like for your camera ? more then likely picked that up especially if you leave a card in. If xp there is a way to change it back.

EricB · 11-01-2005, 01:52 PM

using drivemapper of partition magic will fix it, but I would reinstall windows since you haven't install nothing yet, and pay attention to the partition page. I used to do this occasionally in my early day of reinstalling windows

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m3trj Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,577	Hard Drive Letter Assignment OK I made a mess of a 200GB hard drive and so I used KillDisk on it to wipe it and reinstalled Windows. The problem is that after installing Windows it is now a J drive, not C. Why is this, and is there any way to make it back into C before I install all my software, etc? Thanks. __________________ \'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you **** well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.\'

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EricB Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,926	you have to pay attention to that when you are installing windows. __________________ The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.) The best browser Netscape 8 Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

11-01-2005, 01:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
EricB Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,926	using drivemapper of partition magic will fix it, but I would reinstall windows since you haven't install nothing yet, and pay attention to the partition page. I used to do this occasionally in my early day of reinstalling windows __________________ The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.) The best browser Netscape 8 Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

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11-01-2005, 07:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Defence Junior Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 73	Hi, How many partitions do you have? You can use partition manager software, it allows to move your partition from one to another without loosing any data. Due to intuitive windows wizard, you can do it safely. Also it's very usefull program for the future. You could easily resize partition of any size. Tried software.

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tractorboy Super Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 319	do you have card readers , like for your camera ? more then likely picked that up especially if you leave a card in. If xp there is a way to change it back.