A8N5X SATA XP SP2 Drive Letters

I just assembled an AMD dual core on a A8N5X board
Specifics to problem:
-2GB RAM
-2 IDE DVD Burners as masters on each IDE controller
-2 300GB SATA drives on SATA 1 & 2 (Seagate barracuda)
other
-6600GT card
-int 7in1 card reader

Machine is awesome. Installed XP SP2 BUT I notice that it installed the
first SATA drive as G:. What gives I wanted it as the C: drive.

Is it because of the IDE DVD's? Is there a way around it?

It's only a minor issue, but it's an annoyance.

Any help or wisdom would be greatly appreciated.

 

If it really bothers you, it's possible to change the letter
designations for drives in Win XP. You may need some utility to do
it.... I use Partition Magic v. 8 to set up all my partitions, and PM
has a routine within it for resetting the drive letter designations.
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1 Important fact:

The card reader is showing up as drives C: & D:

I will try to re-install with them disconnected and see if the SATA
drives become C: & D: or it the IDE DVD's take over that spot.

If IDE's take C: & D: anyone know how to force the SATAs to become the
first drives? I need the DVDs to install the OS.

 

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Personnally when I've had a sys with multiple drives I've allways
disconnected all except the one I want as C and a single cd/dvd, then
connected the other hd's, rebooted, shutdown then connected other drives. -
about the only successfull way I've found to get drive letters as I want

 

Indeed, best to install with only the drive you want connected, then
when XP is installed, shut down, connect the others, and reboot. The
drive you installed on will then automatically be C: (and if it has more
partitions, these will show up as D, E etc). The drives that are
connected later will be added after the last letter used on the first
drive, which I find easiest.

RJT

 

Thanks all - I will update with my success/failure info for future
reference