Need to change Drive Assigment (CtPanel..Sys..DvMngr Wont let me)

[Karl Blessing]

I recently repartitoined a couple drives, and I created a new partition on a seperate drive, the problem is I had C: D: E: F: no prob, when I created the new partition on a new drive, it replaced my E: and the E: F: are now F: G: this screws up my registry and the way some programs were installed like visusal studio commons are on E:, I need to figure out how to set the driver letters the way I need them.

Karl
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Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)

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[Alt255]

Karl, I don't think there any easy ways to do what you propose. I've never had much luck manually inserting a physical drive assignment in the midst of preexisting logical drives. Some drive installation software packages include utilities intended to adjust the registry settings to reflect a change in drive sequence but I can't vouch for any of them. The fact that you are looking for a fix means that it is probably too late to try that approach.

I have tried three different software suites that claimed to fix this sort of registry problem after-the-fact. The last one was McAfee Toolbox. I don't remember the other two because I ended up nuking all of them and promising myself to never try such a solution again. The performance was miserable and, in some cases, instead of correcting bad registry entries, the software simply deleted them. (Not what I had in mind. I was forced to reinstall a lot of software and deal with the problems on a case-by-case basis.)

I am sure to get a lot of flak but this is my view:

The "easy way"... reinstall all of the software on the partitions falling after the new drive. Manually correct the shortcuts (etc) that point at wrong drive letters.

The other "easy way"... "copy down" the contents of F: to E: and G: to F:. You can wipe G: and pretend it is a "new" partition.

The "hard way"... scan the registry for drive letters and correct them manually (I have never had any luck with this approach but, who knows, maybe somebody has).

Frankly, I am a little surprised somebody hasn't written a utility that will actually do the job without leaving the registry in a mess.

Best of luck.

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[Karl Blessing]

The second one is definitly something I dont want to do(A short explanation of why):
(Old Setup)
HDD1 : C: (8G) E20G) F20G) H12G)
HDD2 : D: (8G) G2G)
HDD3(on a ATA Card): I:

(the above I dont know why it changed around like that)

Now
HDD1: C20G) F20G) G20G) System Drive
HDD2: D13G) Backup Drive
HDD3: E10G) FTP Drive/Remote Access Drive

I may just have to Reinstall Visual Studio to the new Drive Letter, with much luck the instation should be fast as it has before when seeing that files already exist, and do not require being written over.

but oh well it was worth a try, least my Partition are in better order now.

Karl
kb244@kb244.com

http://kb244.com

Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)

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