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16-01-2007, 11:29 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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i stuffed up installing vista, tried to install linux that didnt work, installed XP back had to format as xp cant read linux format... formatted C: drive that became nothing and moved the rest up one C: drive became H: drive had no choice but install winxp on H:
now C: drive being a storage partition gets all the crap that the worst OS puts on there, how do i change the drive letters around?? i tried disk management but it says i cant change on a system drive or something like that, got norton ghost but forgot how to use it?? i dont think itd work anyway does anyone have any ideas? besides formatting both drives as they are the one hard drive...which i cant as the other 4 are full, 650gb just isnt enough
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16-01-2007, 11:35 PM
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Spin 'em Habib !
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Location: Cranbourne Victoria
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Reformat and Type in the New Directory or Create a New Partition
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17-01-2007, 11:47 AM
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17-01-2007, 12:45 PM
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The boot drive MUST be C:
The system boot files must be on C: Thats why it won't let you change the "system" drive... Sounds like you've made a bit of a mess...I would just move all your storage files/backups etc to a new partition on the end of the disk and then reformat the rest, and install XP onto C:
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17-01-2007, 12:50 PM
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PM me if you want
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boot drive does not have to be C, although making it another drive is not easy, I had a system with a boot drive of H and then a 2nd partition called C: , i formatted the entire drive back to normal to get a C: drive install though.
I am pretty sure once i used a bootup program and changed the drive letter, i also changed the boot.ini file and changed H:to C: it worked OK, but the amount of registery info that was screwed up was not worth the effort.
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changing drive letter on boot drive
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