So just used norton ghost to switch hard drives to a bigger one in my dads laptop, however my original hard drive is drive C: and the boot volume and the new drive is drive T:. Can I swap then?
What OS are you running hommie?
I think it's safe to assume Windows, unless he's using some obscure OS. Neither Linux nor OS X uses drive letters..Sup wrote:
What OS are you running hommie?
About the OP...you just want to swap the drive letters?
Yeah but how to get to HDD management depends on the Windows version he is using.Shimakaze wrote:
I think it's safe to assume Windows, unless he's using some obscure OS. Neither Linux nor OS X uses drive letters..Sup wrote:
What OS are you running hommie?
About the OP...you just want to swap the drive letters?
Edit: version as in XP or Win7
Last edited by .Sup (2009-09-18 15:24:11)
As far as I know, you can't use the Windows disk management tool to change system/boot volume drive letters. You'll have to fiddle around the registry, so make sure you're comfortable with that first.
Here's a Microsoft support article that describes how to change boot volume drive letter through the registry: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
I wouldn't recommend changing it though, because some of your apps may stop working since they might still reference the old drive letter in their configurations.
Here's a Microsoft support article that describes how to change boot volume drive letter through the registry: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
I wouldn't recommend changing it though, because some of your apps may stop working since they might still reference the old drive letter in their configurations.
There certainly is an option to change drive letter in Windows but I have never done it from there. I used Acronis disk director. But not sure why you can't change drive letter in Windows if the option is there.Shimakaze wrote:
As far as I know, you can't use the Windows disk management tool to change system/boot volume drive letters. You'll have to fiddle around the registry, so make sure you're comfortable with that first.
Here's a Microsoft support article that describes how to change boot volume drive letter through the registry: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
I wouldn't recommend changing it though, because some of your apps may stop working since they might still reference the old drive letter in their configurations.
You're right in that you can change drive letters in the disk management tool, but it won't allow you to change the drive letter of a boot/system volume if I remember correctly It would work for other types of volumes..Sup wrote:
There certainly is an option to change drive letter in Windows but I have never done it from there. I used Acronis disk director. But not sure why you can't change drive letter in Windows if the option is there.Shimakaze wrote:
As far as I know, you can't use the Windows disk management tool to change system/boot volume drive letters. You'll have to fiddle around the registry, so make sure you're comfortable with that first.
Here's a Microsoft support article that describes how to change boot volume drive letter through the registry: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
I wouldn't recommend changing it though, because some of your apps may stop working since they might still reference the old drive letter in their configurations.
EDIT: You can of course give the tool a try, because that's way easier if it does work for boot volumes. I could be wrong.
Last edited by Shimakaze (2009-09-18 15:40:17)
Oh I see what you mean. Then I do recommend Acronis disk director, its so easy to work with. You change the letter, restart and voila.Shimakaze wrote:
You're right in that you can change drive letters in the disk management tool, but it won't allow you to change the drive letter of a boot/system volume if I remember correctly It would work for other types of volumes..Sup wrote:
There certainly is an option to change drive letter in Windows but I have never done it from there. I used Acronis disk director. But not sure why you can't change drive letter in Windows if the option is there.Shimakaze wrote:
As far as I know, you can't use the Windows disk management tool to change system/boot volume drive letters. You'll have to fiddle around the registry, so make sure you're comfortable with that first.
Here's a Microsoft support article that describes how to change boot volume drive letter through the registry: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
I wouldn't recommend changing it though, because some of your apps may stop working since they might still reference the old drive letter in their configurations.
Your speakers don't have any knobs on them? Just go to control panel > sounds, and change the volume from there. Or better yet, turn off the boot sound altogether.
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... there's a page file on that volume. delete the page file, reboot (after the settings been changed).Shimakaze wrote:
but it won't allow you to change the drive letter of a boot/system volume if
you'll haveta rename the other volume first.
You can boot up in gparted and then change the boot volume there. I don't think there should be a problem if you copied everything correctly, a registry fix would do the rest, and technically, the Drive letter will change in accordance to what is the local disk. I've done it before, it works.