Oops...my "c" Drive Is Now "e"

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Oops...my "c" Drive Is Now "e"

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Venek View Member Profile	Feb 28 2007, 08:52 PM Post #1
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 9-June 06 From: Lakewood, OH Member No.: 71,369	Not that it's a big deal, but after re-installing XP, my primary HD is now E instead of C (I should've disconnected my 2nd IDE HD). Of course, computer runs normally in this configuration, but I just recently tried to update a game of mine and it keeps trying to search for the InstallShield program in C instead of E. I'm aware that pretty much 99% of the population have their primary HD as C. Is there a way I can tell the update program to run from E? Better yet, is it at all possible to change my system drive back to C without re-installing the sucker? (From what I've read so far, it can't be done). Maybe it'll work if I back-up my data and restore it after re-installing XP correctly to C? It's annoying as hell, and I've already had to reinstall XP a couple of times and don't want to slog through that again. -------------------- UberGeeks of the world...UNITE! Uh guys? Wanna take your eyes off that screen for a second? Raise the mice? Battle cry?

Venek View Member Profile	Feb 28 2007, 08:59 PM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 9-June 06 From: Lakewood, OH Member No.: 71,369	Well, I devised a quick solution, I just assigned "C" to my 2nd HD, just so the update would work. -------------------- UberGeeks of the world...UNITE! Uh guys? Wanna take your eyes off that screen for a second? Raise the mice? Battle cry?

fozzie View Member Profile	Mar 1 2007, 08:36 AM Post #3
aut viam inveniam aut faciam Group: Members Posts: 3,510 Joined: 14-November 06 From: Ossendrecht/The Netherlands Member No.: 95,557	Thanks for the feedback -------------------- Free antivirus : AVG Free Free Anti-spyware AVG Anti Spyware Free Firewall :Zone Alarm Ccleaner Ad aware & Manual SpybotS&D&Manual Free Handy programs

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