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Re: I just upgraded my home pc from Win2000 to WinXP
08/20/13 04:12 AM


> How bad-ass am I?
>
> So, some questions. When I installed, XP recognized the names of my three HDs (what I
> had named them under 2k) but it had the wrong drive letters assigned to them. I
> didn't think much of it at the time because I figured I could change them later. It
> seems Windows doesn't want you changing the name of system or boot drives. Any way I
> can do that without borking everything? My research says "doable, but not
> recommended."
>
> Also, what is generally considered the most comprehensive and least bloated codec
> pack out there right now? I was using CCCP before I don't recall any problems, but
> it's been a while.



It's been a really long time since I did that migration, but iirc, I just switched around the drive cables until the drive letters jived. Yes, really.







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