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Old 07-18-2004, 03:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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after installation, the hard drive was labbled "G" some
programs will not run because its looking for C drive, xp
will not allow me to change this, how can i relable my
hard drive? thanks jim
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Old 07-18-2004, 07:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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jim g wrote:
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> after installation, the hard drive was labbled "G" some
> programs will not run because its looking for C drive, xp
> will not allow me to change this, how can i relable my
> hard drive? thanks jim
This is caused by removeable disks being present and detected by the
installer as hard disk.

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326683 which recommends using the
Disk Manager utility to relabel disks. If that doesn't work, remove the
removeable disks and do a repair install on XP.

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Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security
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