Hello,

I just got thru installing a new Hard Drive and using the install manufacturer's CD to copy over all the files from the old HD, but I am confused about whether my boot is coming from W2K on the old HD or W2K on the new HD (I assume the 'copy' put a bootable form of W2K on the new HD). Please help clear up my confusion !!!!

Here is the status of my computer system:

1. CMOS Drive Settings:
a. Primary Master - New HD
b. Primary Slave - CD ROM
c. Secondary Master - Old HD
d. Secondary Slave - (none)

2. CMOS Boot Sequence:
a. 1st Boot - Floppy
b. 2nd Boot - CD ROM
c. 3rd Boot - HDD-0
d. Other Boot - (Disabled)

3. In Computer Management / Disk Management my new HD is shown as 'DSK1_VOL1' on E: with a Status of Healthy (System) and my old HD is shown as 'Local Disk' on C: with a Status of Healthy (Page File).

When I boot my computer W2K comes up successfully, but I don't know if it's booting from E: (new HD) or from C: (old HD). I Read somewhere that the Primary Master is always (?) designated as the C: drive, but I can't see that here.

Also, Help in Computer Management says that "Windows 2000 allows the static assignment of drive letters on volumes, partitions, and CD-ROM drives. This means that you permanently assign a drive letter to a specific partition, volume, or CD-ROM drive. When you add a new hard disk to an existing computer system, it will not affect statically assigned drive letters."

Is this why my new HD shows up as E: ? Is there some way I can change the CD ROM to F:, the old HD to D:, and the new HD to C:?

Thanks in advance for your help.