From: itzmine@charter.net   
      
   "Ted Campanelli"  wrote in message   
   news:UOsAk.610$as4.562@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...   
   > Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not   
   > so great) words of knowledge:   
   > > Earlier this year I formatted and rewrote win xp but for some reason the   
   > > main and only internal drive was assigned as C: (F:) which some software   
   on   
   > > cd would not recognize and I never could find a good way resolve it.   
   > > I recently did a fdisk on the mbr and ended up having to a xp repair   
   which   
   > > eliminated f and left c as the main drive but now I can't open any   
   programs   
   > > etc as if most all software associations are lost to the main drive,   
   does   
   > > anyone have a recommendation on getting everything to recognize C as the   
   > > main drive?   
   > >   
   > > Rick   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > Back up all your data, not the programs, just the data (letters, money   
   > records, etc).   
   >   
   > Format your HD (do a low level format 1st IF YOU CAN FIND THE SOFTWARE   
   > TO DO IT, then a regular format).   
   >   
   > FDISK your HD.   
   >   
   > Reload ALL your programs.   
   >   
   > Defrag the HD.   
   >   
   > Open each of your programs and set them up as you need them.   
   >   
   > Close the programs and reboot.   
   >   
   > Reload all of your data.   
   >   
   > Reboot and check all your programs to make sure they are still operating   
   > correctly.   
   >   
   > Defrag the HD.   
   >   
   > Reboot and you should be all set.   
   >   
   > Do a COMPLETE backup of your HD.   
   >   
   > FWIW - I strongly suggest finding a copy of Norton Ghost 2003.  This   
   > version requires a floppy to boot the computer, however it allows you to   
   > do do an image of the HD to DVD and will also do a complete restore from   
   > the disks.  If you had this all you would have needed to do was format   
   > the HD, FDISK, then boot from the floppy and restore your HD to EXACTLY   
   > the way it was when you did the image.  The newer versions require you   
   > to have the program loaded on the HD BEFORE you can do a restore.   
      
   I have no problem doing a format and I plan on doing so this weekend if I   
   can't get this problem resolved.   
   The only thing I can open is Outlook Express and stand alone programs so I   
   figured when I fdisked and reinstalled the MBR which changed the main and   
   only drive from C:(F:) to C:(C:) all loaded programs and most of winxp is   
   still looking for C:(F:).   
   I'm sure there must be  way to get everything to find the path to C:(C:) but   
   at the moment I'm stumped.   
      
   Rick   
      
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