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ChiSin
Member
2013-Jan-16 11:12 pm
[WIN7] Drive Management Problems Please Help OLD | CURRENT |
I have a dual boot Vista 32/W7 64 drive. Had some problems and had to restore a backup. But seems the drive letters have changed. Here are pics of the old and the new. How to change it back to the OLD? Or should I? Thanks in advance for your feedback! |
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BlitzenZeusBurnt Out Cynic Premium Member join:2000-01-13 |
Windows has been making it's os drive C: even if it's not the first drive, or partition on the disk. |
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ChiSin
Member
2013-Jan-17 1:17 am
Thanks the question relates more to NOT assigning a drive letter to NVCACHE and also the recovery partition. If you look at the OLD PICTURE that is how it WAS set up. Can I revert it back? How? Just go into properties and unassign? |
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darkwishFree Knight Premium Member join:2003-09-12 Fairfax, VA |
to ChiSin
In disk management, you can right click the partition and choose "Change drive letter and paths".
From there, you can change the drive letter assigned to that partition, or remove it completely by clicking on "Remove" |
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ChiSin
Member
2013-Jan-17 12:22 pm
hi thanks, removing it has no real implictions right? I mean the system would still boot properly and all? Scared! |
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darkwishFree Knight Premium Member join:2003-09-12 Fairfax, VA |
darkwish
Premium Member
2013-Jan-17 12:26 pm
Yes, besides the drive letter that your windows is installed to (C:\), should be fine. |
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ChiSin
Member
2013-Jan-17 5:07 pm
Means the partition will remain right? Just that it has no letter?
And the computer might boot faster? |
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darkwishFree Knight Premium Member join:2003-09-12 Fairfax, VA |
darkwish
Premium Member
2013-Jan-17 5:09 pm
Yes, removing the drive letter doesn't remove the partition. Probably won't boot faster. I don't see how drive letters would affect boot time at all. |
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ChiSin
Member
2013-Jan-21 11:34 pm
Please look at the NEW photos. Can I remove the drive letter for "D" without harming anything? Says "active, etc." Thanks so much in advance. Just a scared newbie. Thanks! |
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