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Old 17th Jun 2009, 04:43
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I have resolved a problem i was having with [D] drive, when i inadvertently installed a 2nd

copy of WXP Home on my 'D' drive. I have solved that, but now those software

installations which don't give me the option of browsing an installation to C drive,

automatically install on 'D'. How do i make 'C' drive the default to install to?

Thanks in advance for all suggestions.
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Old 3rd Jul 2009, 02:39
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Go to Control Panel there goto administrative tools there you will find a option to set your primary drive go there and set it C: and you are done.
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Old 17th Jul 2009, 15:03
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You could do it, but it's not recommended!
Take a look here: How can I change the System partition drive letter in Windows XP ?
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Old 19th Jul 2009, 08:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eXtremer View Post
You could do it, but it's not recommended!
Take a look here: How can I change the System partition drive letter in Windows XP ?
That's not whats being asked.

The question is about doing it the other way around if that makes sense.

So that by default applications install to a different drive, not just changing the letter of the same drive.
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Old 20th Jul 2009, 02:13
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this may be useful, if I understand what you're asking. you may also be able to make your D:\program files dir a symlink to C:\program files.
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