How to re - assign drive letters to partitions before installing XP?

I would like to re - adversely affect permanent drive letters for the existing partitions on a hard drive that has been used for data storage only (i.e. I want to keep the partitions), then install XP.  How can I re - assign the drive letters for the partitions?

Hello

I just put one of my XP (bootable) disk in another one of my XP machines. The reader, before he was transferred, with C, E and Z scores. He was placed in a PC that had C and F partitions on a single drive hard but also taking over the letter E for the optical drive.

After insertion, the partition on the changed drive letters as follows...

C to D

E to H

Z to G

Just for the acid test, while only inserted in the other PC, I changed the G (formerly Z) to Y.

Then I replaced the drive in his PC original and started again. Partition letters were returned to what they were before the transfer took place, i.e., C, E and Z.

What makes that to demonstrate that the drive letters do not move with a disc, they are assigned by Windows, at the time of the first detection of this particular operating system and remain like that for this particular operating system, possibly modified in another PC.

Of this, you'll see suggestions to change the partition letter in another PC won't work.

It seems that you have partitioning software at your disposal, so what I would suggest you do is the following.

These instructions assume that you have an OEM installation of Windows CD, IE. not the manufacturer recovery media to perform the installation. The manufacturer recovery media is likely to format the entire disk (including all your data partitions) before installing Windows.

Firstly back up all important data.

Re-label all existing singlepartitions. This will help you determine what Windows Setup detects when you go through the installation of bulkheads treat.

Secondly, to create a space at the beginning of the training, large enough for the new OS to move/resize existing partitions. Then create a new partition in this space at the beginning of the disk, label it unique and make it active. Check that it is the active partition only. Hide all other partitions, leaving the new partition at the beginning of the disc as the only visible and active partition.

Disconnect a card reader and make sure that none of the external hard drives, memory sticks etc are attached and start the Windows installation CD.

If all goes well, the Windows installation will see your new partition on the C drive, and you can install Windows.

Once Windows has successfully installed you can install and use your partitioning software to display the hidden partitions. Windows should assign the letters unused in alphabetical order beginning with E (or F if you have two optical drives). You can change these letters if you want, but you have to leave within the newly created OS, and not in another PC. Your partitioning software probably has this installation or use disk management as described previously by Nithyananda J, i.e. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844

Tricky

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