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Changing system drive letters
Hello all, this is my first post here. I have found many of my answers to other questions here without the need to ask but now I have a problem that I could not find here.
I had Windows installed to the first partition on my drive (which is C:\) and after a few years now it's gotten full
of software I don't use anymore and the like. Rather than install Windows over it and starting over, I decided to install to another partition and get everything set up before doing away with the old one.
I got Windows installed and mostly everything I use installed and working. My plan was to create an image of this copy and clone it back to the original partition. That was my plan until I realized I had screwed up majorly. The second installation of Windows says it's installed to F:\ (I'm not sure why, since I thought each version of Windows installed sees itself as C:\). Maybe because I started the installation from the other copy of Windows instead of booting straight to the install CD.
Now my question is... Is there any way to make this copy think of the drive it's installed on as C:\ or will I be stuck cloning it to a drive labeled F:\? Thinking about it, it doesn't seem possible considering everything is looking to F:\ instead of C:\ on this installation. I thought I'd ask just for the sake of it, possibly someone could be able to help.
Here is an image of my drive setup. C:\ is the old copy (where I want F:\ to go)
https://i.imgur.com/FWD219d.jpg
I'm sorry if my problem is not coming across, if clarification is needed I can do my best to provide it.
Last edited by duggernator; 22 Jan 2013 at 09:00. Reason: forgot image.