# Changing the system drive letter in Windoze **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-system-drive-letter-in-windoze/152046 "2003-02-01T04:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-system-drive-letter-in-windoze/152046/1 "2003-02-01T04:40:30Z")
The stats: WinXP Pro full version 40 G HDD, partitioned into 3 drives, currently named G, S, and C The story: Partition Magic FUBARed my computer (long story), somehow renaming my original C: drive to G:. I had to delete and recreate the partition, but it still named it G:, so I went about my business assuming it would be OK. But so many programs assume that your C drive is your system drive, and it’s causing unforseen annoying issues. WinZip wouldn’t work, and Norton Antivirus wouldn’t install until I renamed my D partition as C. The question: Does anyone know of a utility that will allow me to change the system drive designation? I can change every other drive through the computer management utility in the XP control panel. It just won’t let me do the one little thing that I need it to do. I’ve looked at [download.com](http://download.com), and my searches at [support.microsoft.com](http://support.microsoft.com) and google haven’t turned anything up. But I’m notorious for being bad at coming up with keywords for searches. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-system-drive-letter-in-windoze/152046/2 "2003-02-01T13:56:00Z")
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