System Files Not On C Drive

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After a clean install of WinXPSP2, I somehow managed to get system files on
partition "H" rather than "C". "C" is now my data file partition. This
appears to be causing problems with programs and utilities that expect "C" to
be the system.
Is it possible to correct this? and if so what is the procedure? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
 
"oliverrp" <oliverrp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After a clean install of WinXPSP2, I somehow managed to get system files
> on
> partition "H" rather than "C". "C" is now my data file partition. This
> appears to be causing problems with programs and utilities that expect "C"
> to
> be the system.
> Is it possible to correct this? and if so what is the procedure? Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.

No, you cannot correct this. Disconnect all external
drives (especially flash disks!), then do another clean
installation.
 
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:20:02 -0800, oliverrp
<oliverrp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> After a clean install of WinXPSP2, I somehow managed to get system files on
> partition "H" rather than "C". "C" is now my data file partition. This
> appears to be causing problems with programs and utilities that expect "C" to
> be the system.
> Is it possible to correct this? and if so what is the procedure? Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.


No, you can change the drive letter of any drive *except* the one
Windows is installed on. The only way to fix this is to start over
with a clean installation.

Are you sure that this is causing a problem? With what programs and
Utilities? I ran XP for a couple of years with \Windows on F:, and I
now run Vista Ultimate with \Windows on F:. I have had no problems at
all that were attributed to this.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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