Change drive letter

LPent

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When I installed windows 8, I did so by creating a second partition (E) and I kept Vista on my C partition.
Right now I want to remove Vista and merge the two partitions again (which I know how to do).
My question is, can I safely name that merged partition C? Or will this mess up my windows 8 install and do I have to keep it E?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Homemade
    CPU
    Intel E6750 (Core2 Duo 2.6GHz)
    Motherboard
    MSI P35 Neo
    Memory
    4x1GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5570
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2x Dell E197FP
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    PSU
    350W
Not clear what you mean.

When you boot into win8 - does it identify itself as E ?

If so, then you can't chage that successfully without a reinstall.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
I have Vista installed on C, WIndows 8 on E and my documents are on D. I want to remove Vista and merge C and E into one partition, hopefully naming that partition C but if I understand you correctly that is impossible?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Homemade
    CPU
    Intel E6750 (Core2 Duo 2.6GHz)
    Motherboard
    MSI P35 Neo
    Memory
    4x1GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5570
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2x Dell E197FP
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    PSU
    350W
That still doesn't help.

What is important is the o/s system drive letter.

That is the letter it calls itself when you are booted into it.

The letters you see from Vista may be different from the letters you see from Win8.

For example, I am booted into win7x64 now - It calls itself D.

letter.jpg

That I cannot change without all sorts of major problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
SIW2 is right.

Boot with Win8 and see what it's partition is called. Normally it's C (on a simple setup of 2 or 3 hdd's) and Vista gets another letter then.

Merge the partitions from Win8 if you want to keep it.

And of course that current letter is not important: If C is a letter that's not used (by any drive), you can pick it again later, after doing the fusion.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
How odd. Never considered the fact that drive letters were depended on the installation. Anyway, with me all drive letters were the same regardless of which OS I had loaded. But in the end this question is moot now since I just did a reinstall. Thanks for the help anyway.

EDIT: Ah, I see now. No I did an install from WITHIN the old OS, so the drive letters could not have changed. I suspect that can happen though when you do an install from outside the OS (during aboot from the install dvd)?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Homemade
    CPU
    Intel E6750 (Core2 Duo 2.6GHz)
    Motherboard
    MSI P35 Neo
    Memory
    4x1GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD 5570
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2x Dell E197FP
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    PSU
    350W
EDIT: Ah, I see now. No I did an install from WITHIN the old OS, so the drive letters could not have changed. I suspect that can happen though when you do an install from outside the OS (during aboot from the install dvd)?

Yep.
That last part happened here: drive letters were independent after DVD/USB clean installation.

Glad you fixed it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
Lpent,

why is it so important for you to have drive letter C?

Why don't you just remove partition C: and take it from there?

Keep the system reserved partition.

Jeff
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WINDOWS 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    INTEL CORE I--3770K LGA1155
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77-V
    Memory
    KINGSTON 2400 MHZ KHX24C11K4 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    INTEL HD GRAFICS 4000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Philip BDL3245€ 32 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 SAMSUNG 840 PRO RAID 0 ON BOARD 2 x 128 GB
    Keyboard
    LOGITEC MX™ 5500
    Mouse
    LOGITEC MX 5500
    Internet Speed
    120 Mbps
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