Accidentally, I installed Windows 7 on my E drive. What are the issues I have if I change the drive letter c?

Windows installed on the wrong drive

When I installed Windows 7 I accidentally chose the wrong hard drive for installation: i.e. by car "E". "."  Since I am not accomsted to this hard drive I would rename it to 'C' drive, however, when I'm in disk management I get a message that if I change the name of some programs may not work properly.  Should I still change it and take a chance?

You would be probably better to simply remake it. Rename the drive won't change anything that is mapped within programs that require objects in specific locations.

I hope this helps.

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