Before you try mucking about in the registry, there may be a simpler
solution. I went through this just recently when I installed a RAID-1 array
on my Dell and imaged my old C: drive to it. Upon the first subsequent boot
(to the old C: drive), the new array showed up as D:. So far so good. Now
it was necessary to be sure the machine would boot from the array, so I
dived into the BIOS to change the boot order. Lo and behold, the array did
not show up on the relevant screen. Only the C: drive, the CD drive and
(something else - I forgot). What now?
Well, turns out that there is ANOTHER screen elsewhere in the BIOS where you
can set the order in which the storage devices are mounted by the system.
THAT screen included the new RAID array. Since the system assigns drive
letters in the order the storage devices are mounted, by simply reordering
things so that the RAID array is mounted by the system BEFORE the old drive,
the RAID array became the C: drive and thus in accordance with the boot
order screen, the system booted (thank God) from it.
So, if you want your new drive to be C:, check to see if your BIOS has some
similar wrinkle in it. Probably easier (and safer) than editing the
registry.
Cheers,
Tom.
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:28:56 -0700
From: Peter <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Two Drive Questions
I have gone through this a number of times. The solution to your problem
should be in this article on the Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188/EN-US/
Basically, what happens is that each physical drive is assigned an ID by the
OS. This ID is then linked by XP to a particular drive letter. Just moving
the files to the new drive does not change this letter assignment. The
letter is still linked to the drive ID which is apparently part of the drive
formatting, or rather the partitioning. Fortunately, it is not too difficult
to go through the patch of the registry as described in the article. Of
course, use great care when changing the registry values.
Peter
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Have XP Pro. Recently installed new 320GB WD IDE hard drive (replacement
for a replacement!) as slave D:. Imaged boot drive C: (200GB WD) to the
new drive using Norton Ghost. Each drive has a single NTFS basic partition.
Changed bios to boot from D: Since C: has only 10GB of space left, want to
make the 320GB drive new C: and the 200GB drive new D: for use as Ghost
back-up. What do I need to do in order to accomplish this? Do I need to
reverse the master/slave connectors on the IDE cable? Could I rename
current C: to, say G:, rename current D: to C: and then rename G: to D:?
All suggestions/advice greatly appreciated.
SKBrown
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