Odd hd assignment on evga 680i

drotto25 · Sep 22, 2007

Just setup and installed windows xp pro on my new system, and found that it assigned my hd as drive f. I pluged it into the sata marked as 0 on the manual so though this was the highest. I have heard rumors the manual is off, so is it?

Also is there a painless way to make it drive c, I kow it really does not matter, but I am used to it that way.

Automata · Sep 22, 2007

What you need to do is make that hdd (whatever sata port it is on) the first bootable drive when you install windows. That should make it the c: drive.

To answer your second question, no. There are thousands of references in your registry that refer it to "f:". If you change it, your install will become unbootable. The easiest way is to reinstall.

drotto25 · Sep 22, 2007

Figured, and I know what messed it up I think. I had a 7 in 1 media drive installed on one of my usb headers. Windows install read this as c and d assigned the dvd rom as e, and the hd as f. Stupid windows.

I know leaving it as f: actually means nothing though. Just tradition I guess.

Automata · Sep 22, 2007

drotto25 said:
I know leaving it as f: actually means nothing though. Just tradition I guess.

I know exactly what you mean, if mine was that way, I would for sure re-install. It would drive me nuts!

drotto25 · Sep 22, 2007

I did re-install, and yes the sata header on my evga are labeled wrong in the manual. I put the hd in the one marked 6 in the manual and bios showed it as 1. I pulled the usb header for my media drive, and did windows again. Main hd is once again happily c:.

Trap05 · Sep 23, 2007

Been there before myslef. Damn card readers lol

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