On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Spain, John wrote:
I recently needed to reinstall my Windows XP Pro OS on my
Fujitsu Seimens PC. The HDD has three partitions C, D, E.
During the install the normal formatting of the drive took
place BUT could not complete on C: (warning but no error
message to explain why)...
You might want to do a "full" scan on that partition to see if
there are any physical defects on it.
... However on D: it was successful and installation went
smoothly. It now means though I have got Windows installed on
D; instead of C:. I have tried to format the C: partition
from My Computer\Local disc C: right click \ format closing
all windows visible, but this produces the same result,
possibly because it is still seen as a system partition, as
seen in the Disk Management Utility.
The C: partition can not be formatted from within Windows since
it contains the NT bootloader, which is why XP sees it as a
system drive.
What I would like to do is to format the C: partition and
then change the drive letters so that programs are on C: and
not D:.
Unless another list member posts the necessary magical
commands, your best bet is to start over. If you do succeed in
changing drive letters, many/most programs will not run.
However, they can be reinstalled to correct reg settings. But
if you have to do that, might as well start from scratch
anyway.
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http://www.driverheaven.net/archive/index.php/t-13023.html
"Well I changed the drive letter from F: to C:, & restarted,
but then I could know longer log into Windows. Trying info from
the other article that panging posted, the only thing I could
do was to try and create a new MBR but that didn't work. I
tried running a repair on Windows and was then able to log on,
however none of my programs would run. So now I am formating
and installing Windows to finaly resolve this problem."
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Two relevant KBs:
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223188>
How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows
(Change the System/Boot Drive Letter)
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/>
Unable to log on if the boot partition drive letter has
changed
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