Guest ToddAndMargo Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Hi All, Came across a customer that had a neighborhood child replace her hard drive and reinstall XP Home. Problem: the kid didn't realize he had to disconnect the zip drive before installing XP. So, the root drive is H: and not C:, making all kinds of problems with installing drivers, etc.. Question: is there a way to remap the root drive back to C: or am I looking at a reinstall of XP? Many thanks, -T
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote in message news:OgrbWDf2HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi All, > > Came across a customer that had a neighborhood child > replace her hard drive and reinstall XP Home. Problem: > the kid didn't realize he had to disconnect the zip drive > before installing XP. So, the root drive is H: > and not C:, making all kinds of problems with installing > drivers, etc.. > > Question: is there a way to remap the root drive back > to C: or am I looking at a reinstall of XP? > > Many thanks, > -T Sorry, you'll have to re-install WinXP unless you're prepared to use a somewhat clumsy work-around: Invoke this batch file at boot time, using the Task Scheduler. @echo off subst C: H:\ This will make the system drive appear under two drive letters.
Guest Bob I Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? Nope, Reinstall with the extra drives removed is the only working solution. You can't move it back to C because it wasn't installed there. ToddAndMargo wrote: > Hi All, > > Came across a customer that had a neighborhood child > replace her hard drive and reinstall XP Home. Problem: > the kid didn't realize he had to disconnect the zip drive > before installing XP. So, the root drive is H: > and not C:, making all kinds of problems with installing > drivers, etc.. > > Question: is there a way to remap the root drive back > to C: or am I looking at a reinstall of XP? > > Many thanks, > -T
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? And lead to nightmares, <g>. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:Oian0Hf2HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote in message > news:OgrbWDf2HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi All, >> >> Came across a customer that had a neighborhood child >> replace her hard drive and reinstall XP Home. Problem: >> the kid didn't realize he had to disconnect the zip drive >> before installing XP. So, the root drive is H: >> and not C:, making all kinds of problems with installing >> drivers, etc.. >> >> Question: is there a way to remap the root drive back >> to C: or am I looking at a reinstall of XP? >> >> Many thanks, >> -T > > Sorry, you'll have to re-install WinXP unless you're prepared > to use a somewhat clumsy work-around: Invoke this batch > file at boot time, using the Task Scheduler. > > @echo off > subst C: H:\ > > This will make the system drive appear under two drive > letters. >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:17:56 -0700, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Came across a customer that had a neighborhood child > replace her hard drive and reinstall XP Home. Problem: > the kid didn't realize he had to disconnect the zip drive > before installing XP. So, the root drive is H: > and not C:, making all kinds of problems with installing > drivers, etc.. > > Question: is there a way to remap the root drive back > to C: or am I looking at a reinstall of XP? No, you can change the drive letter of any drive except the one Windows is installed on. By the way, although I run Vista on this machine now, I ran XP here with the Windows drive being F: (for reasons I don't want to bother explaining) with no problems at all. Specifically, what problems are caused by it's being H:? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? Probably. "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:OSSDrXg2HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > And lead to nightmares, <g>. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User
Guest ToddAndMargo Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? > By the way, although I run Vista on this machine now, I ran XP here > with the Windows drive being F: (for reasons I don't want to bother > explaining) with no problems at all. Specifically, what problems are > caused by it's being H:? Poorly written drives and poorly written software installers will default to "c:\Program Files" regardless of what you tell it. They also insist on installing to "C:\Program Files\Common Files" even if they are putting their other stuff were you said. Also, users seldom understand the drive letter conventions and just use the installers defaults. Causes a lot of trouble. And, in this case, a scanner drivers insists on installing on drive C: (the zip drive). I will tell the customer to give her computer back top the kid and have him re-do it, this time with the zip drive disconnected. Thank you all for the tip. -T
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:09:44 -0700, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote: > > By the way, although I run Vista on this machine now, I ran XP here > > with the Windows drive being F: (for reasons I don't want to bother > > explaining) with no problems at all. Specifically, what problems are > > caused by it's being H:? > > Poorly written drives and poorly written software installers > will default to "c:\Program Files" regardless of what > you tell it. They also insist on installing to > "C:\Program Files\Common Files" even if they are > putting their other stuff were you said. I've seen such issues in the past, but it's been many years since I've run into such an application. I'm not willing to say there are none, but in my experience they are very rare. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest ToddAndMargo Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Can I move Root Drive from H: back to C:? Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:09:44 -0700, ToddAndMargo > <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote: > >>> By the way, although I run Vista on this machine now, I ran XP here >>> with the Windows drive being F: (for reasons I don't want to bother >>> explaining) with no problems at all. Specifically, what problems are >>> caused by it's being H:? >> Poorly written drives and poorly written software installers >> will default to "c:\Program Files" regardless of what >> you tell it. They also insist on installing to >> "C:\Program Files\Common Files" even if they are >> putting their other stuff were you said. > > > I've seen such issues in the past, but it's been many years since I've > run into such an application. I'm not willing to say there are none, > but in my experience they are very rare. > I see them because I only get called when things go wrong.
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