How do I get C:\ back?

[lclark2074]

Ok I had made repair install and now its seas my home Dir is E:\ not C:\ and some programs donot like this when I went to www.pcpitstop.com I found that theres still a C:\ there can any one help

 

[Stupid Boy]

Change the letter of the E drive to C.

EDIT: The setting is not set where I thought it was, and I could not find the place where it was set. I may be wrong.

I thought it was set in the properties of the drive (right-click, properties).

 

[David]

If its XP go to Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management - Storage Management. It lets you change drive letters there

I'm sure that also at one point I had a neat little proggie that went through the registry and could change every reference to drive X: to drive Y: or whatever drivers were concerned.

 

[lclark2074]

how do you make screan shots i will show you what it looks like

 

[David]

how do you make screan shots i will show you what it looks like

Press Print Screen which puts a copy of an image of your screen into your clipboard. Open Photoshop or Paint or whatever and use Edit-Paste to past in the pic.

 

[redduc900]

Windows can't modify the drive letter of your system volume or boot volume.

 

[lclark2074]

If its XP go to Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management - Storage Management. It lets you change drive letters there

I'm sure that also at one point I had a neat little proggie that went through the registry and could change every reference to drive X: to drive Y: or whatever drivers were concerned.

its seas you cant make changes to root leter or vollume info

 

[lclark2074]

ho do you get it back so it works right
sory about youre dobble post

 

[lclark2074]

Windows can't modify the drive letter of your system volume or boot volume.

Windows seams to make ghost image of c:\ ever sense I updated with repair install I was told by my boss that you can fix it do you no how

 

[Xaotic]

What has happened is that the repair reinstallation has installed the boot(MS refers as system) volume on another drive, your current C: drive, while the system files(MS refers to as boot) are on your E: drive. To prevent this from happening, you would need to remove the other drives before installing. Windows tends to configure the boot files on the first available IDE drive, usually primary master.

I would back up your data, and then remove the other drives, other than CD, and attempt a repair installation. I have not verified this procedure, so YMMV, but in theory it should work. Once the repair is complete, then reattach the other drives and reassign drive letters as necessary.

I stress that backing up your data is the first step, in case there's a problem.

 

[lclark2074]

C:\ and E:\ are bolth on the same drive i had no auther drive in when did a repair install on this drive

 

[shadowdr]

I would go back through the repair and instead of using the console chose the prompt option.From there it should ask which instalation you want to log onto.Chose E:/ if it is where your former installation was.Run chkdsk E: /r.It should try to locate the autochk file located on that partition.If it does and chkdsk runs through fully without resetting back to a lower percentage several times it should rewrite the boot files and change back to c:.

 

[lclark2074]

do you mean the boot admin comand promt?

 

[chrisman]

Do this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223188

I've had to do it on a few computers, including mine. Works great.

 

[OnDborder]

Isn't it possible to just backup your data and go through the XP "install" procedure and pick the "c" drive?
I think that's what I would do. I know it's a pain but it probably would be done by now.

 

[Panzerknacker]

Do this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223188

I've had to do it on a few computers, including mine. Works great.

Are u sure it worked great all the time? MS warns for that u should only use this way when ur device letters suddenly changed, not when you just installed windows and the system drive apeared as E: from the beginning. I think I'm going to try it when I made a image of my raid array, cuz since I made the raid array (which holds my system files) is F:, my backup drive is C: and my CD-rom drives are D: and E:, totally messed up and very anoying.

 

[shadowdr]

I am not sure what you mean,,,but it will ask for your password to log onto that partition just before you get the E:/ prompt.

 

[chrisman]

Are u sure it worked great all the time? MS warns for that u should only use this way when ur device letters suddenly changed, not when you just installed windows and the system drive apeared as E: from the beginning. I think I'm going to try it when I made a image of my raid array, cuz since I made the raid array (which holds my system files) is F:, my backup drive is C: and my CD-rom drives are D: and E:, totally messed up and very anoying.

I'm sure.

 

[lclark2074]

its only showing c:\ prompt not the e:\prompt now I am even more confused

 

[shadowdr]

It's ok,just type E: and you will be on that partition.Then run chkdsk.For switches type chkdsk ? or chkdsk /? and you can chose what you want.It SHOULD look for the autochk file resident on the partition you are on first.It might work just using chkdsk e: /r but I would try going to the E: partition first.I don't suppose you had made an emergency boot disc prior to this?