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My seagate 80GB hard drive screwed up but I had it replaced for free. I
managed to
install win XP professional after partitioning the hard drive using the
partition tool that
comes during the setup of winxp.I instaled winxp in C: drive. During
Installation however I had
my DVD drive and my CD-RW drives attached because of which they assumed
the next
D: and E: letters while the remaining 3 more partitions had to assume
F: G: and H: .
Although Im pretty sure this isnt any problem I want to change the DVD
and CD-RW drive
letters to the last ie G: and H: [like most others have] and rearrange
the others.

Also I have many programs and softwares installed on my computer now.
Will changing the drive letter affect them? [system reg and stuff?]

Please tell me how o safely make the change whilst not affecting
the software

Thanks

On 12 Jan 2006 23:07:27 -0800, wrote:

>My seagate 80GB hard drive screwed up but I had it replaced for free. I
>managed to
>install win XP professional after partitioning the hard drive using the
>partition tool that
>comes during the setup of winxp.I instaled winxp in C: drive. During
>Installation however I had
>my DVD drive and my CD-RW drives attached because of which they assumed
>the next
>D: and E: letters while the remaining 3 more partitions had to assume
>F: G: and H: .
>Although Im pretty sure this isnt any problem I want to change the DVD
>and CD-RW drive
>letters to the last ie G: and H: [like most others have] and rearrange
>the others.
>
>Also I have many programs and softwares installed on my computer now.
>Will changing the drive letter affect them? [system reg and stuff?]
>
>Please tell me how o safely make the change whilst not affecting
>the software
>
>Thanks

How to Change Windows XP Drive Letter Assignments:
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/drltr.htm


Login as the Administrator or as a Member of the Administrators Group.
Right-click My Computer, Manage, Computer Management, Disk Management,
right-click the drive, Change Drive Letter and Paths, Change, Assign the following drive letter,
OK.

If you want to change the letter on a drive which is already assigned to another drive, you may
have to assign an unused letter to the other drive first. In other words, shuffle the drive
letters around until you have the desired combination. You may have to restart Windows to
complete an assignment before making another one. One cannot assign a new letter to the boot
partition/drive. Some programs reference the drive letter of a CD-ROM drive etc. and will have
to be reconfigured or reinstalled if the drive letter is changed.

Reference: HOW TO: Change Drive Letter Assignments in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307844