DeliriousYeti Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 I am a newb when it comes to computers and I really need help. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I'm having an issue with my C and D drives. When I originally got this computer my C drive had about 180 gigs on it and my D drive had like 5 gigs. I had a problem with system restore and had to reinstall windows and now the C and D drive are mixed up. It says my D drive has the 180 gigs and my C drive has the 5. This is really messing up my computer. Please help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 Which drive has windows installed on it?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb2001 Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 its not mixed up, the C and D letters, are just a way for windows to identify which partion is which...So when you reinstalled, on the old D drive, windows choose that this was the primary drive, and therefore named it C, leaving D for the old C drive...It isn't a problem at all, and you can actually change the names to any other letter you feel like, but since its only looks, i would suggest you just get used to this setup :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 its not mixed up, the C and D letters, are just a way for windows to identify which partion is which...So when you reinstalled, on the old D drive, windows choose that this was the primary drive, and therefore named it C, leaving D for the old C drive...It isn't a problem at all, and you can actually change the names to any other letter you feel like, but since its only looks, i would suggest you just get used to this setup :-)You cannot change the drive letter on the drive containing the operating system without reinstalling.Are we talking about two seperate drives or one drive with two partitions?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb2001 Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 You cannot change the drive letter on the drive containing the operating system without reinstalling.Are we talking about two seperate drives or one drive with two partitions?.Okay, true but the D drive is changable :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 You cannot change the drive letter on the drive containing the operating system without reinstalling.Are we talking about two seperate drives or one drive with two partitions?.Okay, true but the D drive is changable :-)Not if it contains the operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliriousYeti Posted June 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 C is my main drive which the operating system is on and D is my back up drive I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Open a Command Prompt window (Start -> Run -> type cmd and hit [Enter]). Type echo %windir% [Enter], and you will see on which drive Windows is installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliriousYeti Posted July 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Open a Command Prompt window (Start -> Run -> type cmd and hit [Enter]). Type echo %windir% [Enter], and you will see on which drive Windows is installed.It says windows is installed on the C drive, which is the one with very small space. So will I just have to reinstall it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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