Primary Master keeps showing up as "E" drive

[Righty]

I have a Cybermax computer with a 600 Mhz K7. It has 163mg Ram. I just loaded Win XP Pro and the drive keeps showing up as the "E" drive, It is the Primary drive with no slave attached. The Secondary Drive has a Zip Drive and a CD-Rom drive that show up as "C " and "D" drives. How can I get the hard drive to show up as "C" dthe way it should. The jumper is not set so it should be a Master or stand alone drive. Any ideas???

 

[bcastner]

There are several steps you need to take. Rather than list them for you here, please consult this link that details the steps you need to take:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20552040.html

Best.
Bill

 

[TekTippy4U]

Look into the "order" of the components along the cable path....This may be discussed in bcastners link.....

Notification:
These are just "my" thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions....I try very hard to impart correct info at all times.

 

[gnwhite1201]

What I did 'cause I had the same issue is IF this is a new install, try to use the installation program to first delete the partion in question. Then have it remake it. I had this issue in WIN2K PRO and it worked fine. Not sure how XP installs, but I think it is similar to WIN2K.

Good Luck!

Glenn

 

[Righty]

If I don't change it, will I have any issues in the future????

 

[gnwhite1201]

Yes you will cause many programs assume that you are loading to the C: drive and when that unexpected thing happens, it will leave you woundering 'WHY'.

Good Luck!

Glenn

 

[Righty]

If I go into Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and force it to the hard drive to C: will that cause any programs from functioning or will they just follow along and become C:\***\*** ???

 

[gnwhite1201]

If you CAN do as you want I think you will have issues, unfortunately I think the only recourse will be for you to do a fresh install, I know thats not what you want to hear but I may be doing it my self... If you think you can figure it out w/o doing this please reply back.

Thanks

Glenn

 

[wolluf]

Righty

1. You won't have any issues with XP on E: (mine has been on F: for nearly 2 years).

2. If you really do want to put it on C:, best option is to disconnect the zip drive & reinstall.

 

[gnwhite1201]

Wolluf,

Yes issues would arise out of having the boot drive not being 'C'. Its just that they are not too terribly serious and most users can work around them. I say this as a point of fact on my system I just built, I was testing out my new drives and I loaded the O/S onto an "E" partition and one of the first few programs I loaded on to Win2k was reporting an error because it was expecting to see 'C' and didn't. However, if I elected to do so I could have left it like that and corrected the program, however I felt that I did not want to have to babysit an installation woundering if it would be installed to the correct drive.

IMHO

Glenn

 

[wolluf]

What app? I can't remember the last time I installed an app that didn't detect the system drive letter - or one that doesn't let you choose where to install it (via browse) - so I'm guessing its a very old app or it uses an old installation routine. But i do know they exist. My point about no issues was really operational (on most machines, normal users do not spend much if any time installing apps - that's an administration task. Users that do will be perfectly competent to cope with the no C: drive situation) - XP runs as well on F: (or E as it does on C:.

But as I also said - if you want it on C: - disconnect zip drive and do a clean install.