Local Disk (G:) - Printable Version

Local Disk (G:) - Printable Version

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Local Disk (G:) - Russt - 2009-08-12

So I recently installed XP over Vista and now my local disk (formerly C Smile

is now named G. Not a big deal, but is there any way to change it to C:? I'm kind of used to it that way, though if it's stuck like this forever I won't mind much.

Local Disk (G:) - Jared - 2009-08-12

Unfortunately, there's not really anything you can do. You can't change the partition letter of the system or boot drives, and although there are methods of doing it in the registry, you could render your system unbootable if you changed it.

Local Disk (G:) - ThatWasMyKil - 2009-08-12

Cant you just change it like you would a portable drive as in...

i dont know if this will work, though i don't see why not.

start > right click on "My Computer" > then click on Manage > look for the menu item called "Disk Management" > then right click on your G: Drive > click on change drive letter and paths.. > then theres a drop down and you can call it what ever you want. Smile

pics;

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Local Disk (G:) - Jared - 2009-08-12

ThatWasMyKil Wrote:Cant you just change it like you would a portable drive as in...

i dont know if this will work, though i don't see why not.

start > right click on "My Computer" > then click on Manage > look for the menu item called "Disk Management" > then right click on your G: Drive > click on change drive letter and paths.. > then theres a drop down and you can call it what ever you want.

pics;

Spoiler

Then

Unfortunately, that method does not work with system or boot drives.

The OP stated he has XP (which I am also running) and unless it's a new feature with Vista, you are unable to change the drive letter of a system or boot volume. There's essentially a flag the operating system affixes to those volumes that prevents the end-user from tampering with them. It'd be an easy way to screw everything up.

Local Disk (G:) - ThatWasMyKil - 2009-08-12

Jaruddd Wrote:Unfortunately, that method does not work with system or boot drives.

The OP stated he has XP (which I am also running) and unless it's a new feature with Vista, you are unable to change the drive letter of a system or boot volume. There's essentially a flag the operating system affixes to those volumes that prevents the end-user from tampering with them. It'd be an easy way to screw everything up.

Yeah it gives me a scary prompt when im about to change it. thats windows 7 also. so i think we can say thats its a flat rule over xp though to 7 Biggrin

Oh well

Local Disk (G:) - Spaz - 2009-08-12

If it didn't give C to something else, you can make it so both C: and G: refer to your hard drive.

Make a file called MapCDrive.bat containing

Code:
subst c: g:\

Execute that file and put in the Startup program group in the Start menu.