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From: bob on 16 May 2010 21:47 Hi, My windows is found installed at F: drive, can I change it back to C: ? thanks
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 17 May 2010 01:15 "bob" <bobby(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:#WRLeLW9KHA.3276(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > My windows is found installed at F: drive, can I change it back to C: ? > > thanks Sorry, you can't.
From: Bob I on 17 May 2010 09:42 If it was installed to F: the only way to "move it to C:" is to Install it to C:. Perhaps you had some removable drives connected during the install? Unplug them this time when you reinstall. bob wrote: > Hi, > > My windows is found installed at F: drive, can I change it back to C: ? > > thanks > >
From: Db on 17 May 2010 12:35 if windows was installed to drive f and windows is functional at this time then you cannot change the drive letter without loosing the functionality of the o.s. you see when you installed the o.s. to the f drive, all the system files were encoded to operate from the drive f. further if you have installed third party programs in the o.s. then they have been encoded to function from the drive f. unfortunately, if you do want drive c as the default drive for the o.s. then you will have to reinstall the o.s. and ensure you pick drive c. in my opinion leave well enough alone. however, it does seem odd that you had a drive f to pick during installation. ~db "bob" <bobby(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:#WRLeLW9KHA.3276(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > My windows is found installed at F: drive, can I change it back to C: ? > > thanks >
From: Bruce Chambers on 17 May 2010 21:03
bob wrote: > Hi, > > My windows is found installed at F: drive, can I change it back to C: ? > > thanks > > Only by re-installing it from scratch, onto the correct drive/partition. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |