Local Drive Letter

Question

I recently reformatted my HDD and reinstalled my OS (Windows XP Home Edition).  When the process was all done, the system gave my local drive the letter I for it's designation.  I can't seem to change it.  Any ideas?

mombodog · Answer

tomron, You cannot change the drive letter on an active 'system' drive, go ahead and try, it won't let you.

tomron · Answer

This link explains how to change drive letter.   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844

jmwills · Answer

I would think that you did not delete the partitions and create a new one(s).  That would be the only way that Windows would have created a new partition named I.   What does the Disk management Applet show for partitions?

mombodog · Answer

Sounds like something was not done properly during the re-installation process.   Once XP is installed the assigned drive letter cannot be changed.     You would have to reinstall the OS to do this.

Windows General

Local Drive Letter

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