Change hard drive name
I recently installed a new hard drive in my computer. I used to have two 10 gig's and they were labeled D and E. (It appears that I have a 2 gig internal drive named C as well. What good are internal hard drives when they are that small? IT has a bunch of program files and stuff on it, Do i dare delete everything on that drive?) Back to my main point. I unplugged the two hard drives (D and E) and went to install the new one, For some reason I had to make a new partition (I dont really remember why or what exactly it said) so I did that and the xp install went fine. Now for some reason the new drive (120 gig) is named F. This really bugs me, is there anyway to rename the drives?
Also, when I start up my computer the Program Windows wallpaper Changer always pops up. How do I access the menu to dertimine what programs will run when the computer is turned on? I have done this a long time ago, but I simply cannot remember how to get there. Please help. Thanks.
Also, when I start up my computer the Program Windows wallpaper Changer always pops up. How do I access the menu to dertimine what programs will run when the computer is turned on? I have done this a long time ago, but I simply cannot remember how to get there. Please help. Thanks.
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make sure you do it for the one you want to change
1 Kb = 1024 bytes
1 Mb = 1024 Kb = 1,048,576 bytes 1 Gb = 1024 Mb = 1,073,741,824 bytes
111 x 1,073,741,824 = 119,185,342,464 bytes, which your hard
drive's manufacturer is rounding off and calling 120 Gb. This is a
common marketing ploy (trying to assign an even 1,000,000,000 bytes to
the gigabyte) used by hard drive manufacturers to make their products
seem a bit larger than they really are.
As to why you can't change your hard drive's label to C:, I don't know. I've had that problem before but can't remember the workaround right now. Someone will remember and will post here, I'm sure.
[EDIT] Looks like Gibbons was faster with the keyboard than I was. Or faster brain. Probably the latter.
copy and paste are my tools
Windows detects the partition/drive where Windows is installed and automatically names it C:.
I think you might just be out of luck... I had almost exactly the same problem and the basic fix is to simply remove the other IDE or SCSI devices that may want drive letters and then reinstall Windows. It's the only thing that worked for me. Using other programs to simply change the MFT or boot record of the drive will just end up breaking Windows and you'll be forced to reinstall anyway.
My $.02
-Dan