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Installed 7 to E:; move to C:
I installed Windows 7 to the drive letter (C:), but the Windows installer made the drive I wanted to use (E:) instead of (C:).
I have a 320 GB drive (E:) and 200 GB drive (C:). I would like to move Windows 7 from my 200 GB (C:) drive to my 320 GB (E:) drive, but then change my 320 GB drive so that it becomes (C:) and the 200 GB drive so it becomes (E:). See below:
200 GB (C:) Windows 7 --> 320 GB (C:) Windows 7
320 GB (E:) Archive --> 200 GB (E:) Archive
I backed up my Windows 7 and Archive partitions using Active Boot Disk, then used the Partition Tool to change the drive letter of the 200 GB (C:) to make it 200 GB (E:) and formatted the 320 GB (E:) and change the drive letter to (C:).
At this point I had:
320 GB (C:) Free space
200 GB (E:) Windows 7
I proceeded to restore the backup partition of Windows 7 to the now free 320 GB (C:) partition with Active Boot Disk.
Finally, I had:
320 (C:) Windows 7
200 (E:) Windows 7
However, after restarting, my computer still loads Windows 7 from the 200 GB Drive! Then Windows changed all the drive letters back to how they were before!
I am now stuck with:
200 (C:) Windows 7
320 (E:) Windows 7
How do I get windows to boot from the 320 GB drive and name it with the drive letter (C:)?
I would wipe the 200 GB drive free of Windows 7, but I wanted to make sure I got it working on the 320 GB drive before I erase it.
Please advise!
Thanks,
ds
PS-I am not changing my hardware configuration so I was expecting that I would be able to perform this move without trouble.