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Old 10-17-2004, 09:28 AM
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hard disk drives problem - pls help!

my computer got a virus and i had to recover it to see what was wrong.
the hard disk drives name was - RECOVERY (C: )
i then formatted my computer and the hard disk drive now reads
Local disk (E: )
RECOVERY (C: )
my problems:
i want to get rid of the recovery drive becuase it only has a small amount of space and is useless now. Most of my programs are installed into the E: drive anyway. Does anyone know how to get rid of the recovery drive?
I want to change my (E: ) to (C: ) as when i try to install prgrams, it is giving me problems.
Any help would be appreciated
thanx

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Old 10-17-2004, 01:53 PM
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clean install

I suggest you do a full format of the drive and reinstall your os. If you do not know how I can explain. The fastest, best way I use is run Killdisk to write the drive back to zero's. Free download in cd or floppy from www.killdisk.com. Then according to which type drive you have, seagate, maxtor, western digital, use their version of Ontrack software to pre-format your drive using the largest partition available, takes only seconds compared to xp's or 98's format. Then when you boot up on your windows cd it can go directly to copying files!

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Old 10-18-2004, 11:13 AM
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do you know if there is any way to do this without formatting the whole computer again? Is there any way i can just delete the recovery drive, and change the E: to the C: again?
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