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Right, so I've had a lot of problems with windows 10, ended up fresh installing back to windows 7.
The problem now is, I had a lot of trouble bringing the data from a 300GB (G: to a 2TB.
I ended up copying the hard drive through a program called Paragon Hard Disk Manager, but now my 2TB is the main drive, but also under (G:.
Does the fact that it is under (G: instead of (C: possibly change anything?
If so, is it possible to change it without reformatting again, as I kinda installed about 300GB of steam games overnight.

Thanks.


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No, the drive lettering would only cause issues if you've manually set paths to certain resources on the system which you probably havent. You may be able to use Windows Disk Management to assign a new drive letter of your choice, however if the system has already assigned C: to another drive, you'll have to change that drives lettering, then the system drives one too.
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Buxtyy wrote No, the drive lettering would only cause issues if you've manually set paths to certain resources on the system which you probably havent. You may be able to use Windows Disk Management to assign a new drive letter of your choice, however if the system has already assigned C: to another drive, you'll have to change that drives lettering, then the system drives one too.
I have tried that, but I get an error with the parameter is not correct, though there is currently not, a C: drive. (Was a system reserved over it, but pushed that to about F: )
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Don't worry too much, drive lettering will only make a difference if you manually have to type in the location of files e.g. when you use command line.
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You can't be booted into the drive that you want to change the letter on.

But anyway, try using command prompt, run as admin.

Then type in the following commands:
    diskpart
    list volume
    select volume (number of drive you want to change)
    assign letter=C
    exit
    exit
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