Windows XP Pro reported the C drive as a removable drive
I replaced my drive hard sice he was damaged. I replaced it with a blue wd 320 caviar. I installed windows xp (kept getting error that changed SATA to IDE mode and installed), but now my main drive is 'I' and 'C' is labeled as a removable disk. want to make the 'C' my main disk so I can install some programs.
"mhoyas" wrote in message News: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy * .com...I replaced my drive hard sice he was damaged. I replaced it with a blue wd 320 caviar. I installed windows xp (kept getting error that changed SATA to IDE mode and installed), but now my main drive is 'I' and 'C' is labeled as a removable disk. want to make the 'C' my main disk so I can install some programs.
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