I’ve a Win 2k pc. It used to have one hard disk, then I added a second. When I added the second, I wanted to put the OS on the second disk. The way it turned out, the newly added disk was given subsequent drive letters to the original. So, my original drives C and D (one disk formatted into 2 drives) stayed as such, my CD and DVD drives stayed E and F and the new disk was divided up into 3 – G H I.
When I loaded the OS onto G, all applications referenced this as the root drive when setup. I now want to get rid of my old drive which shows signs of failing, but I don’t want to have to reinstall my OS and applications. If I remove the old drive and put a new one in, what will happen to the drive lettering. Most importantly, if my G drive is given a different letter, will this have an adverse effect for applications which expect to find needed files on the G drive, when they are in fact on a differently lettered drive?
I’m wary of just removing the old drive only to find applications don’t work. What is the best way round this, if I’m right in guessing that it would be a problem.
Thanks
Chris
Anyone able to help please?
