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 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: HDD letter change?? |
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In article <%DVSk.3677$lo6.1301@newsfe01.iad>, SHRED says...>
| Quote: | Problem is the new HDD and OS are drive letter: "D", the old is "C", and
one is "system" and the other "boot" so the option of switching them is
not there.
I get the pop-up message that you cannot change drive letters of either
a system or boot drive.
Is this even an issue?
Will it affect software installs?
Would a change affect current programs?
Should I just leave the new drive at "D"?
Also, how can I remove the OS choice window at boot-up?
Control Panel, System, Advanced, Startup and Recover Settings, select |
the default OS and untick the box to show the list.
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No it's not an issue. "C:" just became a convention but there's no hard |
reason why it needs to be called that.
No it won't affect software installs as they look for a system variable
before deciding an installation location, rather than just putting a
drive letter name in automatically.
Yes a change of drive letter would require you to completely re-install
the OS and all applications.
Yes, leave it alone. In fact, it could end up benefitting you from a
security point of view, saving you from those poorly written malwares
that infect c:\windows files....
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