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Changing Drive Letters

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The company who setup a computer assigned the primary hard drive with the letter F:. This is pretty annoying so I went to disk management and went to change the driver letter and tells me it cannot because it is a system or boot volume. Is there any way to get around this or am I stuck??? Thank you!!
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While it is possible to change a system drive letter in win2k or xp, it can lead to problems. When an app is installed, it will install file to the program folder and the winnt or winnt/system32 folder. The app will look for .dll files in F:\windows or F:\windows\system32 folder. You have changed the system letter to C; the app will not run unless you reinstall the app.

The best way to handle this task is to backup what you want to keep and do a clean install. If you have a zip drive, digital camera, or other external storage devices; leave them disconnected until you finish the install.
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