The old "C" Drive replacement issue

I've done it before - will do it again - and the age-old problem cannot be
rectified by this old guy.... I want to replace my "C" (boot) drive with a
larger/faster drive. First, I back up my stuff. I Install the new larger
drive. I use every type of "copy" software known to mankind (this man
anyway). I follow the directions - be it from MS, Seagate, Maxtor, 3rd party
vendor, etc....

What do I wind up with? A "D" Drive that is bigger, faster - but hosed up,
because all of the programs are looking for "C", of course!

Reading the News Groups, all I see is, "You can't change the letter for the
"C" drive". OK then - what does everybody else do, short of having to
reinstall XP on the new drive, than reinstall all of the programs they own???

Thanks in advance from this grouchy old SOB.

Bill

GHalleck
Fri Apr 11 10:10:06 PDT 2008


Pielut wrote:

> I've done it before - will do it again - and the age-old problem cannot be
> rectified by this old guy.... I want to replace my "C" (boot) drive with a
> larger/faster drive. First, I back up my stuff. I Install the new larger
> drive. I use every type of "copy" software known to mankind (this man
> anyway). I follow the directions - be it from MS, Seagate, Maxtor, 3rd party
> vendor, etc....
>
> What do I wind up with? A "D" Drive that is bigger, faster - but hosed up,
> because all of the programs are looking for "C", of course!
>
> Reading the News Groups, all I see is, "You can't change the letter for the
> "C" drive". OK then - what does everybody else do, short of having to
> reinstall XP on the new drive, than reinstall all of the programs they own???
>
> Thanks in advance from this grouchy old SOB.
>
> Bill
>

The easy, one-step method is to clone the old Drive C to the new
hard drive. Acronis TrueImage, for example, is quite capable of
accomplishing this. Just ask it to expand the old Drive C partition
to fit the larger, new hard drive. Afterwards, remove old Drive C
and store it away. Replace it with the new Drive C. It should boot
right away unless there are some hidden bios or 1024-cylinder
limitations.

smlunatick
Fri Apr 11 13:14:44 PDT 2008

On Apr 11, 12:54=A0pm, Pielut <Pie...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I've done it before - will do it again - and the age-old problem cannot be=

> rectified by this old guy.... =A0I want to replace my "C" (boot) drive wit=
h a
> larger/faster drive. =A0First, I back up my stuff. =A0 I Install the new l=
arger
> drive. =A0I use every type of "copy" software known to mankind (this man
> anyway). =A0I follow the directions - be it from MS, Seagate, Maxtor, 3rd =
party
> vendor, etc.... =A0
>
> What do I wind up with? =A0A "D" Drive that is bigger, faster - but hosed =
up,
> because all of the programs are looking for "C", of course!
>
> Reading the News Groups, all I see is, "You can't change the letter for th=
e
> "C" drive". =A0OK then - what does everybody else do, short of having to
> reinstall XP on the new drive, than reinstall all of the programs they own=
???
>
> Thanks in advance from this grouchy old SOB.
>
> Bill

Copy software??? You means the "disk cloning" software which will /
should duplicate the old C onto the new hard drive (can be also known
a Ghost??)

The first step after the copy is sucessfully is to disconnect the
older C drive and reconfigure the new drive as the new MAIN C drive
(master on IDE drivers.)

DL
Fri Apr 11 16:40:22 PDT 2008

Thats because you didnt follow the instructions, ie shutdown after clone and
remove/disconnect the old C drive, set the new drive as master then reboot

"Pielut" <Pielut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F4E525C-FB1D-4AFA-A29C-8901E1660FEA@microsoft.com...
> I've done it before - will do it again - and the age-old problem cannot be
> rectified by this old guy.... I want to replace my "C" (boot) drive with
> a
> larger/faster drive. First, I back up my stuff. I Install the new
> larger
> drive. I use every type of "copy" software known to mankind (this man
> anyway). I follow the directions - be it from MS, Seagate, Maxtor, 3rd
> party
> vendor, etc....
>
> What do I wind up with? A "D" Drive that is bigger, faster - but hosed
> up,
> because all of the programs are looking for "C", of course!
>
> Reading the News Groups, all I see is, "You can't change the letter for
> the
> "C" drive". OK then - what does everybody else do, short of having to
> reinstall XP on the new drive, than reinstall all of the programs they
> own???
>
> Thanks in advance from this grouchy old SOB.
>
> Bill
>