how to swap IDE and SATA drive assignments?

 

Hi folks --

I have, in my middle-aged PC, four hdd i/fs:

two IDE, 40GB, one is WInXP drive c: and the other is unassigned
two SATA, 500GB, one is WinXP drive e: and the other is unassigned

These drive assignments are displayed at boot time, and it seems that
the bios is always going to insist that the IDE drive is always going
to be drive c: and the SATA drive is always going to be drive e:.

How can I reassign these drive letters such that the SATA drive
becomes drive c: and the IDE drive becomes some other drive?

I don't see how to do this in boot-time chip setup.

Thanks so much!

-- ben

 

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:11:56 -0700, lcplben rearranged some electrons to
say:


If drive C has the master boot record on it, I don't think you're going
to be able to change it to anything but C.