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    simple question...

    i am being incredibly stupid atm, how the hell do i change what letter a drive is on my computer?

    basically it goes:

    c: main harddrive (ide1 master)
    d: cd drive (ide2 master)
    e: dvd drive (ide2 slave)
    f: other harddrive (sata 1)

    how do i change the cd drives to be e: and f:, and the other harddrive to be d:!

    please help i think i'm going insane, i cant find an option anywhere!

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    right click on my computer go to manage and then disk management. should be able to do it from in there my friend.

    edit: yeh i jus checked u gotta do what i said then right click on the drive n ur option will be there.
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    ok, next question.. why cant windows 2003 see my harddrive with windows 2000 on it, it claims its completely blank, and wants me to populate it

    if i boot 2000 i can see the (sata) harddrive with 2003, just not the other way around ??

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    sorry cant help ya there, ive only got XP im afraid.
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    hmm, its practically the same OS i think, i just dont get why it cant see it - other than in device manager... hmmm ah well,

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