I've done that with one machine (different details) and have been able to get everything to work. Requires some tweaking. I've even considered it more secure, since nothing is in its "standard" location. That being said, the only thing I can recommend for a fix is a Google search. When booted, you can't change the letter for the boot or system drive (which can be different, the boot drive being where ntldr, etc. are, and the system drive being where the WINNT/WINDOWS director is>).
Rule of thumb is that all drives except a standard floppy attached to the motherboard should be disconnected when installing a Windows OS as the first OS on the machine unless you deliberately want a non-standard configuration. In principle one could install the drive as an "extra" drive on another machine, and then hack the appropriate portion of the configuration information (maybe just a registry entry), if you knew where it is. I don't. Fred Holmes At 05:23 PM 2/8/2008, John Settle wrote: >Greeting! > >I recently built my own PC for the first time. When I installed the operating >system (Windows XP SP2 Home Edition) I made the green-horn error of having a >combo floppy drive and 7-in-1 card reader install. Windows wound up lettering >the floppy and all the 7-in-1 drives before it lettered my hard drive, hence >the operating system is installed on Drive H. I've install the Microsoft >Office Suite and a few other pieces of software and non-standard drive >lettering does cause some problems. I'd like to correct the drive lettering >and was curious to see if there was an alternative to uninstalling, formatting >and re-installing the operating system and the other software. After I >disconnect the problematic software. > >Any advice anyone? > >I suppose if I have to do that, now would be the best time! > >Thank you in advance. > > >Clear skies, >John J Settle (longitude 76W 56' 30.34", latitude 38N 57' 22.06") > > >************************************************************************ >* ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== >* ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== >* Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name >* Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST >* Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L >* New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress >* Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >************************************************************************ >* List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l >* List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ >* RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml >* Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived >************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
