Renaming boot disk and reinstallation of XP

[Marten Nahlin]

Hello,

I have recently built a new PC with a new disk among other things. After
install I notice that the disk is designated I: so i come here to see what to
do. The answer I have found is to do first remove other disks (zip etc) and
then a new install of XP. There seems to be no other way (that I would like
to try) to change the name into C:.
Now the question is do I need to do a clean install, together with
reformating the drive or will a repair installation do?

Thank you.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Marten Nahlin" <MartenNahlin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16D130B2-EB11-4B8D-B0FB-F2177F3E8885@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have recently built a new PC with a new disk among other things. After
> install I notice that the disk is designated I: so i come here to see what
> to
> do. The answer I have found is to do first remove other disks (zip etc)
> and
> then a new install of XP. There seems to be no other way (that I would
> like
> to try) to change the name into C:.
> Now the question is do I need to do a clean install, together with
> reformating the drive or will a repair installation do?
>
> Thank you.

If Windows was installed on drive I: and if you want it on drive C:
then your only option is a fresh installation. Everything else will
result in an unstable system.