How to change system drive letter in Windows 8 RTM?

Robert Cartman

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I've installed Windows 8 starting the installer from Win8 RP and I've just noticed that it picked up the drive letters from the old system. Now my system drive is Y instead of C , because in the old system that partition was Y.
If I try to change the drive letter in the Drive Management it gives an error.
Does anyone know how to change system drive letter in Windows 8 RTM?

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate (En)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600MHz (13x200) 5000+
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H v1
    Memory
    4 GB (DDR2-800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889A @ ATI SB700 - HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hannspree 23" @ 1920x1080 + Medion 22" @ 1680x1050
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080+1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD VelociRaptor 150GB X 2 in RAID0
    Maxtor 250GB
    WD 1TB
    Maxtor 1.5TB (External-USB)
    Seagate 500GB
    PSU
    noname 350W
    Case
    cheapest noname
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Delux
    Mouse
    Microsoft Opti3000
    Internet Speed
    20Mb/s / 1.5Mb/s
    Other Info
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate experience index: 4,9
    CPU: 5.6
    RAM: 7.0
    Graphics: 4.9
    Gaming g.: 5.9
    HDD: 6.1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate (En)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600MHz (13x200) 5000+
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H v1
    Memory
    4 GB (DDR2-800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889A @ ATI SB700 - HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hannspree 23" @ 1920x1080 + Medion 22" @ 1680x1050
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080+1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD VelociRaptor 150GB X 2 in RAID0
    Maxtor 250GB
    WD 1TB
    Maxtor 1.5TB (External-USB)
    Seagate 500GB
    PSU
    noname 350W
    Case
    cheapest noname
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Delux
    Mouse
    Microsoft Opti3000
    Internet Speed
    20Mb/s / 1.5Mb/s
    Other Info
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate experience index: 4,9
    CPU: 5.6
    RAM: 7.0
    Graphics: 4.9
    Gaming g.: 5.9
    HDD: 6.1
Yes there is. you have to go to the command line. Both Regedt32 and Regedit work. You also have to run the command prompt as administrator.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
Or you can just start typing "regedit" on the Metro screen and launch it from there, you can right click on it and run as administrator also.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7, Windows 8 RP

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 RP, Windows 7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP / Compaq 610
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo
    Screen Resolution
    1300x768
Ok I found the regedt32.exe :D The problem was that I was looking for "rededit32.exe" .
I made the changes suggested by the article, but after restart the system hangs at the login screen.
I had to make a system restore to start it again. :/
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate (En)
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home made
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600MHz (13x200) 5000+
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H v1
    Memory
    4 GB (DDR2-800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889A @ ATI SB700 - HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hannspree 23" @ 1920x1080 + Medion 22" @ 1680x1050
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080+1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD VelociRaptor 150GB X 2 in RAID0
    Maxtor 250GB
    WD 1TB
    Maxtor 1.5TB (External-USB)
    Seagate 500GB
    PSU
    noname 350W
    Case
    cheapest noname
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Delux
    Mouse
    Microsoft Opti3000
    Internet Speed
    20Mb/s / 1.5Mb/s
    Other Info
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate experience index: 4,9
    CPU: 5.6
    RAM: 7.0
    Graphics: 4.9
    Gaming g.: 5.9
    HDD: 6.1
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