Guest Sparkybill Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 I just got through reinstalling XP because of lack of space on my C partition, so I reinstalled most programs on the D drive. In Windows Explorer this resulted in some confusion (to me) of volume labels so I renamed the C drive "Operating System" (which seems to be acceptable to the computer); but I also renamed the D drive "Programs 1". After closing My Computer, I have been unable to find the D drive again, either in My Computer or in Computer Management. I assume my choice of label was a no-no. Is there any way to recover the D partition (drive) short of reinstalling XP? -- Sparkybill
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 11, 2007 Posted August 11, 2007 Re: Volume Label Names Forbidden? "Sparkybill" <Sparkybill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6EC7A4BA-4391-47F7-98BD-5409A61E0656@microsoft.com... >I just got through reinstalling XP because of lack of space on my C > partition, so I reinstalled most programs on the D drive. In Windows > Explorer > this resulted in some confusion (to me) of volume labels so I renamed the > C > drive "Operating System" (which seems to be acceptable to the computer); > but > I also renamed the D drive "Programs 1". After closing My Computer, I have > been unable to find the D drive again, either in My Computer or in > Computer > Management. > I assume my choice of label was a no-no. Is there any way to recover the D > partition (drive) short of reinstalling XP? > -- > Sparkybill There is nothing wrong with your label names but moving your programs to drive D: is not recommended. Many programs will unfortunately not recognise the change, which means that you will have the folder "\Program Files" both on drive C: and on drive D:. Much better to make drive C: 20 GBytes in size and reserve it for Windows and for your programs. You should then keep your data on drive D:. Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc to find out what's happened to your missing partition.
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