How can I make my new drive the C:\ drive?

[nwebb]

I just installed a new 40 gig hard drive...ghosted my old 10 gig drive to the 40 gig...made my new 40 gig the primary master and changed the old 10 gig to a dual slave...and now have WinXP booting off of the new 40 gig. What I want to do is now make the 40 gig drive C: so that i don't have to change which drive i want things installed to. All programs have drive C: as the default install location, but i want them to go to the new drive. Instead of having to change the drive every time i install something, i want to just make the 40 gig drive C: to make things easier.

Anyone know how I can do this. Windows XP won't let me change the drive letter because it says drive C: is a page file (whatever that means). How can I change the new 40 gig to the C: drive?

 

[Jakespeare]

Try this.

It certainly looks like you can change everything here,
including what Drive that you want the swap file on.
( I would try it myself, but don't want to have to reboot, and all that)

>>> FROM MS HELP FILE IN WIN XP PRO
To change the size of the virtual memory paging file
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure.

Open System in Control Panel.
On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
On the Advanced tab, under Virtual memory, click Change.
Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.
Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, and type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases typically do not require a restart.

Notes

To open System, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
To have Windows choose the best paging file size, click System managed size.
For best performance, do not set the initial size to less than the minimum recommended size under Total paging file size for all drives. The recommended size is equivalent to 1.5 times the amount of RAM on your system. Usually, you should leave the paging file at its recommended size, although you might increase its size if you routinely use programs that require a lot of memory.
To delete a paging file, set both initial size and maximum size to zero, or click No paging file. Microsoft strongly recommends that you do not disable or delete the paging file.