[SOLVED] How to have drive F: and drive E: instead of Drive C: after fresh install?

[Tac 25]

Hi, I'm building Windows XP pc, and going to install it on a new SSD. The purpose is to be able to play old games that I can't play anymore, because both active pc (on sig) are now on Windows 10. Also. I have a scanner that still works, but it's program only works in Windows XP. This XP pc won't be used for browsing the internet. It will be basically for playing old XP games, and to be able to use my scanner again.

now back on the question. One of the games needs specifically drive letters F: and drive E:

F: is so the game would launch, and E: so that progress will be saved.

Is it possible to have drive F: and E: on installing XP? And how to do it?

thanks.

 

[kerberos_20]

you can just mount your game folder as drive letter F and save game folder as drive letter E
open cmd and type:
subst F: C:\{pathname}\
replace pathname with you game folder path (ex: subst F: c:\games\duke3d)
same goes for E: path with savegame folder

 

[USAFRet]

The C drive or partition that it boots from will be C.

During the install, don't let it use the whole drive.
After, you can create 2 other partitions and give them the desired drive letters.

 

[TerryLaze]

Unless you already have all the hardware and know that it works with winXP it's much better to use a virtual machine (vmplayer free) or find patches on the internet to install old XP games on windows 10, usually all you need is a new installer.
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home
New hardware will not work with XP.