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Michael,
I'm not sure if one could decribe it easier but this is how Microsoft's
instructions for changing the System/Boot Drive.
Rgds,
Kim
Changing the System/Boot Drive Letter
1.. Make a full system backup of the computer and system state.
2.. Log on as an Administrator.
3.. Start Regedt32.exe.
4.. Go to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
5.. Click MountedDevices.
6.. On the Security menu, click Permissions.
7.. Check to make sure Administrators have full control. Change this back
when you are finished with these steps.
8.. Quit Regedt32.exe, and then start Regedit.exe.
9.. Go to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
10.. Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for
"\DosDevices\C:".
11.. Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename.
NOTE: You must use Regedit instead of Regedt32 to rename this registry
key.
12.. Rename it to an unused drive letter "\DosDevices\Z:". (This will free
up drive letter C: to be used later.)
13.. Find the drive letter you want changed. Look for "\DosDevices\D:".
14.. Right-click \DosDevices\D:, and then click Rename.
15.. Rename it to the appropriate (new) drive letter "\DosDevices\C:".
16.. Click the value for \DosDevices\Z:, click Rename, and then name it
back to "\DosDevices\D:".
17.. Quit Regedit, and then start Regedt32.
18.. Change the permissions back to the previous setting for
Administrators (this should probably be Read Only).
19.. Restart the computer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael" <MikeHere2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 1:31 AM
Subject: Re: FRESH install Win 2000, with 2 harddrives, but wrong drive is
C:
>
> Hi Ian,
> Bit of a sticky wicket 8^) 20G is a nice boot drive, more than that is
> data storage which can be on any drive. but as you wish
>
> You probably can select which drive the system boots from in the BIOS,
> select the 40G and install W2K there. The problem though while it's on
the
> physical drive you want, it still won't be C:. Most major programs don't
> care which drive they're on, they use the variable %SystemRoot% and all is
> well, but some software though good in other ways has been hard coded for
> the root to be on C:
>
> You can of course set the drive letters to some extent, I like Q for the
> CD. In W2K that's ControlPanel, AdministrativeTools, ComputerManagement,
> 2click Storage and DiskManagement. RightClick on stuff there and it will
> show options like change the letter. Still got a problem, you will not be
> allowed to change the boot drive's letter.
>
> The machine isn't as smart as it thinks it is. It looks for your drives
> first on the Primary Master, then the Primary Slave, then the Secondary
> Master, then the Secondary Slave. Hope you're a geek or that could be
> confusing. The Primary is one of the flat cables to your drives, and the
> secondary is a separate cable to the drives.
> You can have 2 drives on each cable, the Master and the Slave, if a drive
> is a master or slave is determined by jumpers on the drive. Just to
> complicate or simplify depending on the situation, you can also run cable
> select. From the model numbers of your drives we can find where the
> jumpers should be.
>
> What I think needs done, if you're game 8^>
> Backup, though you haven't said anything that indicates a format is
> necessary, and there should be no data loss if everything goes
> perfectly. Still I would at least duplicate my most critical files on
both
> drives.
>
> Then rearrange the cables and jumpers so the 60G is on the Primary Master,
> and the 20G is either the slave or on the other cable. Set the BIOS to
> boot from the Primary Master, the BIOS may call it HD0. Then do a clean
> install (not a repair) of W2K on the 60G.
>
> When it comes up you should be able to go into DiskManager and see the 60G
> is drive C: and the boot drive. Also RClick MyComputer, Properties,
> Advanced, EnvironmentVaribles, and you should see a lot of stuff all
> directed to C: With that the system is right, you can proceed to
reinstall
> programs.
>
> If you don't need the space on the 20G I would leave windows installed on
> it. If the 60G ever crashes then even if you have to swap stuff around
you
> can boot from the 20G, a nice option to have.
>
> If anyone knows an easier way I would like to know too.
> Mike
>
>
>
> At 2/7/2003 03:59 AM, you wrote:
> >I have two harddrives, 40 Gig and 20 gig, I wanted the 40 gig to be my
> >c:\, but
> >that turned out to be the 20gig, the Win 2000 was installed on the 40 gig
in
> >drive E as drive d was taken by the cd rom.
> >
> >How do swap around the E (ie 40 gig ) to the C:\ which is the 20
gig...HELP
> >
> >Ian
>
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