change disk drive designation
I have just received a new workstation with 2 physical hard disk drives and a DVD reader/writer installed. Windows XP/SP3 is also installed.
The PC was delivered with Disk 0 designated as E, Disk 1 as C with OS installed, and DVD drive as D.
I need the system disk as C (OK but not disk 0), the second HD (1TB) is disk 0 and designated as D and the DVD drive as E.
Windows will not allow me to change the drive letter for disk 0 which is E.
How can I reconfigure this so that the OS is on C, D is the 1TB HD and E is the DVD drive?
The PC was delivered with Disk 0 designated as E, Disk 1 as C with OS installed, and DVD drive as D.
I need the system disk as C (OK but not disk 0), the second HD (1TB) is disk 0 and designated as D and the DVD drive as E.
Windows will not allow me to change the drive letter for disk 0 which is E.
How can I reconfigure this so that the OS is on C, D is the 1TB HD and E is the DVD drive?
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Basically this will mean installing the OS from nothing, + all drivers and programs. Is this right or is there a quick fix?
What do you mean by "new" hard disk. I have 2 disks: the 1TB is for data and should be designated "D" (rather than "E"). The smaller HD is 500MB with OS and drivers installed and should be designated "C".
Please explain.
Just to be clear, I now have
500MB HD designated "C" with OS and drivers - Disk 1 - should be "C"
1TB HD designated "E" for data - Disk 0 - should be "D"
DVD ROM designated "D" - should be "E"
What do you mean by "new" hard disk. I have 2 disks: the 1TB is for data and should be designated "D" (rather than "E"). The smaller HD is 500MB with OS and drivers installed and should be designated "C".
Please explain.
Just to be clear, I now have
500MB HD designated "C" with OS and drivers - Disk 1 - should be "C"
1TB HD designated "E" for data - Disk 0 - should be "D"
DVD ROM designated "D" - should be "E"
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Windows gives an error message to the effect that I cannot change the drive letter of E, which is currently the 1TB HD. I fully understand your explanation Stefanx and I have used this in the past on other PCs but Windows will not allow it. I was guessing that this might be because E is Disk 0. the system is on C which is Disk 1.
Datedman, please explain in simpler words. I am sorry but I'm not on the same page. Are you suggesting that the config in the BIOS defines the DVD ROM as the 1st choice for boot up? and that this is the reason why I cannot change it. In that case I can change the boot-up sequence (I assume) and then change the designations. Will it work?
Maurice
Datedman, please explain in simpler words. I am sorry but I'm not on the same page. Are you suggesting that the config in the BIOS defines the DVD ROM as the 1st choice for boot up? and that this is the reason why I cannot change it. In that case I can change the boot-up sequence (I assume) and then change the designations. Will it work?
Maurice
I'm guessing that E: is shown in disk manager as the boot drive? Which one shows as boot?
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C is Disk 1, Healthy, Boot drive, with OS installed and working. - also NTFS
E is Disk 0, Healthy, System drive with no data - also NTFS
D is the CD-ROM 0
E is Disk 0, Healthy, System drive with no data - also NTFS
D is the CD-ROM 0
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SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
SystemDrive=C:
HOMEDRIVE=C:
windir=C:\WINDOWS
SystemDrive=C:
HOMEDRIVE=C:
windir=C:\WINDOWS
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I have installed Partition Magic v8 but this does not relate to the CD-DVD ROM so is of little use. It also does not seem to identify the "boot" or "system" properties.
This is a brand new workstations with Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3P main board, Q9550 2.83Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad, WD500AAKS-WD Caviar 500GB SataII, Corsair XMS3 2x2gb DHX DDR3, Windows XP/SP3. 8GB RAM. This is built to fly but they put it together kind of weird.
Is there any chance that I can fix this or is it going back to the supplier?
This is a brand new workstations with Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3P main board, Q9550 2.83Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad, WD500AAKS-WD Caviar 500GB SataII, Corsair XMS3 2x2gb DHX DDR3, Windows XP/SP3. 8GB RAM. This is built to fly but they put it together kind of weird.
Is there any chance that I can fix this or is it going back to the supplier?
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Will it help if I convert E(system) to a dynamic disk? What is a dynamic disk?
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OK, what if I reformat E. Can I not define it as a System disk? Can I then assign a designation of D and not E?
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