RJMS

iTrader: (2)

1) Clone XP Hard Disk - old hard disk set up as slave, original is master.
2) Decide to check that clone was OK by setting BIOS to boot from the new one. XP runs fine but system disk is now "F".
3) Set new hard disk up as master, remove old one. XP does not boot

4) Put back old hard disk as slave - XP boots fine. New disk is "F".

I think that booting from the new disk with the old one still there was a bad move - anyone done similar and recovered from it ?

lightning101

You can fix this by editiing the drive letters in the registry - search on microsoft.com

pmacFTO

It is in Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management (Under Storage heading)

Just right click on it and choose Change Drive Letter & Paths

"I think that booting from the new disk with the old one still there was a bad move - anyone done similar and recovered from it?"

Shouldn't be a problem - but if you are worried remove the windows folder on the old disk - also if you want to make sure it WON'T try to boot from the old disk - show hidden files and delete anything in the root of your old disk - but make sure that is NOT the one it is booting from!