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a)Format c:\ and Reinstalled XPHome-SP2. The installation program changed my

setup of drive letters. I wish to return to my old setup, found out "How to

do it" - Control panel/Admin..... but it's the warning path that keeps me

from doing it. "Environment variable". I looked at the explanation, 95% above

my comprehension. I guess they mean sophisticated programs with PCs

communicating to each other and ????? This is for a Home based PC, no games,

no pictures.

 

b) on e:\ are all my old programs. Do I have to reinstall them so that they

re-appear in "Add and Remove"

 

Your help is "Welcome"

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    "Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote in message

    news:69FF31E1-772E-4E9B-9B87-841928B3C24F@microsoft.com...

    > a)Format c:\ and Reinstalled XPHome-SP2. The installation program

    > changed my

    > setup of drive letters. I wish to return to my old setup, found out

    > "How to

    > do it" - Control panel/Admin..... but it's the warning path that keeps

    > me

    > from doing it. "Environment variable". I looked at the explanation,

    > 95% above

    > my comprehension. I guess they mean sophisticated programs with PCs

    > communicating to each other and ????? This is for a Home based PC, no

    > games,

    > no pictures.

    >

    > b) on e:\ are all my old programs. Do I have to reinstall them so that

    > they

    > re-appear in "Add and Remove"

    >

    > Your help is "Welcome"

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    "Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote

    > a)Format c:\ and Reinstalled XPHome-SP2. The installation program changed

    > my

    > setup of drive letters. I wish to return to my old setup, found out "How

    > to

    > do it" - Control panel/Admin..... but it's the warning path that keeps me

    > from doing it. "Environment variable". I looked at the explanation, 95%

    > above

    > my comprehension. I guess they mean sophisticated programs with PCs

    > communicating to each other and ????? This is for a Home based PC, no

    > games,

    > no pictures.

    >

    > b) on e:\ are all my old programs. Do I have to reinstall them so that

    > they

    > re-appear in "Add and Remove"

     

    There was a recent, extensive thread in here on that same issue. Search for

    it to see all the details. The drive letters were changed because there was

    a zip drive or another hard drive that had an OS installed on it, present in

    the system when you did this installation. The easiest thing is for you to

    disconnect those other drives, and redo the install.

     

    As to the second question. Yes, when the OS is reinstalled, most all apps

    need to be reinstalled. That's one reason why there is not much value to

    having apps on a different volume from the OS.

     

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    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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    "Rock" wrote:

    > "Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote

    > > a)Format c:\ and Reinstalled XPHome-SP2. The installation program changed

    > > my

    > > setup of drive letters. I wish to return to my old setup, found out "How

    > > to

    > > do it" - Control panel/Admin..... but it's the warning path that keeps me

    > > from doing it. "Environment variable". I looked at the explanation, 95%

    > > above

    > > my comprehension. I guess they mean sophisticated programs with PCs

    > > communicating to each other and ????? This is for a Home based PC, no

    > > games,

    > > no pictures.

    > >

    > > b) on e:\ are all my old programs. Do I have to reinstall them so that

    > > they

    > > re-appear in "Add and Remove"

    >

    > There was a recent, extensive thread in here on that same issue. Search for

    > it to see all the details. The drive letters were changed because there was

    > a zip drive or another hard drive that had an OS installed on it, present in

    > the system when you did this installation. The easiest thing is for you to

    > disconnect those other drives, and redo the install.

    >

    > As to the second question. Yes, when the OS is reinstalled, most all apps

    > need to be reinstalled. That's one reason why there is not much value to

    > having apps on a different volume from the OS.

    >

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    > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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    a) you are right.There was a Zip drive and external HD attached. I'll keep

    this setup . I am the only one using this PC. I should have used "Search"

    but forgot to do it. I did it now, the answer must have been there.

     

    b:) I did not start reinstall my other applications except fort my printer.

    I thought there was a way to "rescucitate" my other apllications.

     

    Thank you very much.

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    "Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote

    > "Rock" wrote:

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    >> "Barney" <Barney@Zihuatanejo.com> wrote

    >> > a)Format c:\ and Reinstalled XPHome-SP2. The installation program

    >> > changed

    >> > my

    >> > setup of drive letters. I wish to return to my old setup, found out

    >> > "How

    >> > to

    >> > do it" - Control panel/Admin..... but it's the warning path that keeps

    >> > me

    >> > from doing it. "Environment variable". I looked at the explanation, 95%

    >> > above

    >> > my comprehension. I guess they mean sophisticated programs with PCs

    >> > communicating to each other and ????? This is for a Home based PC, no

    >> > games,

    >> > no pictures.

    >> >

    >> > b) on e:\ are all my old programs. Do I have to reinstall them so that

    >> > they

    >> > re-appear in "Add and Remove"

    >>

    >> There was a recent, extensive thread in here on that same issue. Search

    >> for

    >> it to see all the details. The drive letters were changed because there

    >> was

    >> a zip drive or another hard drive that had an OS installed on it, present

    >> in

    >> the system when you did this installation. The easiest thing is for you

    >> to

    >> disconnect those other drives, and redo the install.

    >>

    >> As to the second question. Yes, when the OS is reinstalled, most all

    >> apps

    >> need to be reinstalled. That's one reason why there is not much value to

    >> having apps on a different volume from the OS.

    > a) you are right.There was a Zip drive and external HD attached.

     

    Yep that will do it.

    > I'll keep this setup . I am the only one using this PC.

     

    Sure, you can run just fine with the system/boot drive having a letter other

    than C.

    > I should have used "Search"

    > but forgot to do it. I did it now, the answer must have been there.

     

    It's always a good idea to search for previous on topic posts. In this case

    it just so happens there was an extensivie thread on this, that's why I

    mentioned it.

     

    Google Groups Advanced Search is a good tool for searching newsgroups.

    http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en

    > b:) I did not start reinstall my other applications except fort my

    > printer.

    > I thought there was a way to "rescucitate" my other apllications.

     

    Not really. Most apps write extensively to the registry and store files in

    various locations, so with an OS reinstall, reinstall all apps from original

    media.

    > Thank you very much.

     

    You're welcome.

     

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    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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    =?Utf-8?B?QmFybmV5?= wrote:

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    > a)Format c:\ and Reinstalled XPHome-SP2. The installation program changed my

     

    You may need to delete all your partitions beforehand.

     

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