Dell Dimension E520 delivered with Windows installed on C: and visible recovery partition on D:.

Needed to re-install Win Xp pro, but XP setup gave hard drives as C: = recovery partition, D: = System (Windows).

Question 1  Why does XP setup see the partitions as being the opposite to the previous Windows install ?

 

Colleague re-installed Win XP on D:.

Now Windows has C: = recovery partition, D: = System.

Disk management thinks both of these are boot partitions so won't let us change the drive letters.

Question 2  Is there any way to make what is currently D: become C: and C become D: ?

Question 3  Can the Recovery partition be hidden ?