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    system drive

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by csky12, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. csky12

    csky12 Notebook Geek

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    I just changed from vista to XP, and one of my drive became a system drive and I can't change the letter anymore (D:\ to E:\) because I have two drive, a C drive and a D drive, and I want to change my D drive to E drive. but when i try to make that change, it said "windows cannot change it" because it's a system volume or something...but I was able to make that change when i had vista before, then how come all of a sudden became a system drive

    another question is, with XP, when I go to start>all program, it's like having this fading in effect, meaning it takes really long o show up the programs, like it'll slowly becomes visible (fading in)

    anyone knows?
     
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    Voodoofreak Notebook Deity

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    You can turn that off by accessing your Display Properties (Right click Desktop-> Properties). Choose the Appearance tab and click on the Effects button. Change the effects to Scroll rather than Fade or uncheck to not use any. Hope that helps.
     
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    another thing is, my laptop is widescreen and my wallpaper is not, it's the standard one, and when i use it as wallpaper, it stretches and it looks bad, because in vista, it auto centre it...is there anyway to change it

    thanks a lot for the help, anyone know about my other two problem?
     
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    Regarding this question, what drive did you actually install XP on? Currently I have XP installed on D: drive, so it would not be recommended for me to change the letter of my D: to C: since it might effect how XP boots on my laptop along with other programs. (someone might need to clarify this one).

    However, a google search resulted with these instructions on how to change your drive letter using the registry (especially if you are having issues doing it the regular way).

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=change+system+drive+letter+in+windows+xp
     
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    I installed XP on my C drive, didn't touch the other drive at all...and it just all of a sudden change
     
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