re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter Monday, December 30, 2002 at 8:12 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Peter Carucci (1 messages posted) Until just now, I thought I was the only one with this freaky problem! Scenario: Brand new Dell 8200 system decides to crash right before Christmas. Not a hardware problem, though diagnosed as such by Dell tech support, who advised reinstall of XP as a last resort. Problem 1 : On reboot after copy of files from CD, system rebooted. After XP logo displayed, 20" flat screen monitor went blank. Apparently, video driver included w/XP release media could not drive this monitor. This could not be resolved even when intercepting boot and trying safe mode and "Enable VGA" options. Dell diagnoses failed video card (sigh) . I drag old 20" Trinitron from basement system and connect it. Voila! it displays, and I finish the installation. Subsequent reinstallation of the ATI drivers finaly allow display to 20" flat screen . Thanks for the knowledgeable support Dell... Problem 2: 2nd hard drive installed prior to crash containing MP3 and photo image files. After XP re-install, this drive maps as drive C, and the OS disk maps as drive F!!! Searching for reliable way to shift it back to the way it was, without rendering the system unbootable. On Monday, December 16, 2002 at 4:08 am, TheJaKal wrote: > > >Right, if u are stuck in XP without being able to log on, and dont feel like trying >the above method (ie cant be bothered) then just pop your XP cd in, choose fresh >install, then repair..... > >also sorts your drive letter out as well :) > > >Good luck > > > Written in response to: re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (TheJaKal: Monday, December 16, 2002 at 4:08 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (Harry Frank: Sat, Nov 2, 2002, 8:02 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (alek: Sun, Nov 3, 2002, 7:53 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (Harry Frank: Sun, Nov 3, 2002, 8:20 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (alek: Sun, Nov 3, 2002, 9:11 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (Steve: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 8:25 pm) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (Fernando Castillo: Sat, Dec 7, 2002, 4:33 pm) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (freak: Mon, Dec 9, 2002, 12:03 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (TheJaKal: Mon, Dec 16, 2002, 4:08 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (Peter Carucci: Mon, Dec 30, 2002, 8:12 am) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (Ben: Fri, Jan 3, 2003, 1:35 pm) re: Changing Primary/Boot Drive Drive Letter (William: Wed, Mar 5, 2003, 7:33 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum