Yes I agree with that Steve. We dragged the guy out again and he sorted it with a format. This was a long time ago mind, but I remember it well.
Jackie Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx Skype Name: Cairnsplace----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:51 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: question about the system's drive letter
Hi Jackie,I think the only way is to reformat it. You can't reassign drive letters tothe primary drive.Lynn, don't leave it as is, otherwise I promise you will be in trouble longterm. All the best Steve -----Original Message-----From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf OfJackie Cairns Sent: Sunday 17 February 2008 19:27 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: question about the system's drive letterActually, a few years back, we got a machine custom-built, and for whateverreason only known to the guy who built it, we ended up with drive D as themain one. Well, when Ian came to install JAWS, it wouldn't have any of it, so we had to get the guy back pretty quickly to format the machine again toallow us to have drive C as the primary. I don't know if this is the case with JAWS or any other programs now, butthat was our experience, so when the question was posted, we both said: "Ohdear" at the same time. But I do hope it isn't as drastic as having to format it again though. Jackie Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx Skype Name: Cairnsplace ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Scholes" <jamesscholes@xxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: question about the system's drive letterI know which type of programs you mean, but no, programs don't look for theC drive, they look for the partition or drive that actively hosts the copy of windows that the program is being run from. So, if I had 2 copies of windows, 1 on drive b and 1 on drive c, I could run a program from drive b and it would install to drive b, and the same thing with drive c. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:58 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] Re: question about the system's drive letterHi Chris,Actually, this is going to be a real problem, because some older programslook specifically for the C: drive. I think the only answer is to reformat, and pay more attention to the drive lettering <Smile>. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth Sent: Sunday 17 February 2008 18:52 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: question about the system's drive letter Hi, I guess that so long as the c drive isn't set as the active primary partition, you shouldn't have any problems. By "active primary" I mean thatwhen you turn on your computer, it tries to boot from the first availablepartition, and of course if there's nothing on there, or nothing to indicate that an operating system exists, then it'll just stop dead and probably display an error message. Only sighted assistance could get you out of this trouble. Hope that helps. Lyn & Twinny wrote:Hi list, I recently re-installed my OS and for some strange unknown reason the letters of my systems and my backup drives were interchanged. Therefore windows is now installed on D and my backup drive became my C drive. I would like to know whether or not this is a major problem and, if this is, is there a way to change my system's drive back to C without having to re-install windows all over again? I must say that so far, everything is working perfectly but some people tell me that I could have problems and others say I should not worry about it. Feedback would be greatly appreciated. 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