On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:26:20 -0400, H. S. wrote: > But when windows was started, I got: > hdc2 as c: > hdc3 as e: > hdc5 as d:
I had hda1 as c: hda2 as o: hda3 as d: etc. > I have > found out how to change drive letters, I am thinking of doing: > > 1) make d: as z: > 2) make e: as d: > 3) make z: as e: There's the problem of drive references stored in the registry, but as you said, "hdc3 and hdc5 are still empty", this shouldn't be a problem for you. IIRC, you'll have to reboot before step (3), because "e:" was already in use before you began relettering. > IF this will have absolutely no effect on the MBR or the partition table > of the disk, I will do it right way. The partition table, stored on (is it more correct to say near?) the MBR doesn't really have anything to do with drive letters. They are a Windows fiction, as the is appearance of a unified tree with mounted filesystems under Linux. > That is all I want to confirm. I have done it numerous times under Windows 2000. If I were using WinXP -- and fortunately, I'm not -- I would do it without hesitation, but my opinion is not a guarantee of success. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]