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Getting Back to C:\ - the LONG way
Like the title says Back to C:\ in a long winded way.
My problem is this
- I no longer have C:\ drive
- But E:\ is now doing all of the operations of C: - including program installations.
I have already tried Disk Manager reassignment - Here no C option exists to convert to.
Also tried the Registry Edit Option "System\Mounted Devices \DOS Device\ E to C with the
singularly curious effect of BOTH OS Desktops showing up as one at boot (Windows Loaded)
Icons from Each displayed simultaneously. - So I Returned to original Registry here.
Next - back to the old faithful reinstalling clean Windows.
After the uninstall format(?) Re-install with all other drives disconnected,
No C:\ is available - still offers only E:\ as my boot drive in BIOS and OS.
Curiously NOW any thumb drive or external device shows up as C:\ retaining E: as the Primary drive.
I gave up on this trying to live with it for a few days but it is driving me nuts trying to open C:\ and finding NOTHING.
Circumstances leading up to this are -New Build from ground up
- Added Crucial SSD as C:\ and Moved OCZ SSD to O:\ as a retrieval drive for any programs I may be able to drag and drop into new c:\.
Upgrade install to win-10 with an immediate wipe and reinstall to Win7-64 - I believe this may be where the
problem began. Though the win-7 install went pretty much without a hitch
The build consists of
-ASUS Z-170 MK-1 MOBO with latest 3007 AMI Bios with chip-set update
- INTEL i7 6700K (Not Clocked)
- 16 GB CORSAIR LPX DDR4
- Gigabyte 1060-6GB video card
The aforementioned
-E:\-500GB Crucial SSD
-D:\- New LG M-disk Blue Ray burner.
** Other drives are **
-O:\ OCZ 160GB SSD (Former C:)
-(D) now F:\-500GB WD Black SATA - Main storage for now
- L:\ -WD Passport 1TB USB-3 and one - Main Backup store now
- M:\ -WD Passport 4TB USB-3. New storage drive largely empty
- X:\ Seagate 160 SATA - Backup drive Old Backup drive
-powered by ANTEC 850W P/S (racing stripe yellow)
I sincerely hate to wipe and reinstall windows (from Thumb) yet again and find no change as before, but absent any other ideas I may be forced to it.
The core question now is what is the most sane and effective way to proceed? And where did I get sideways?
Considering I have 4TB of open disk for backup I am less concerned with this if it is the best alternative.
Are there any other tricks I may have missed?
- Searching Online I find this isn't an uncommon problem, when upgrading an OS and HDD - though the solutions I've seen are much more straightforward..
Thanks in advance...