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Apr 30, 2007, 09:53 AM
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Error 1327. Invalid Drive E:\
I recently removed a second hard drive from my computer (Dell w/ Windows XP). Now I cannot install or uninstall programs because the drive path (E) is no longer there. I get an error message: Error 1327. Invalid Drive E:\. I disabled the drive in the setup utility and it is no longer visible in disk management. How do I correct this?
Jeff
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Apr 30, 2007, 09:57 AM
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That's odd. Windows is always installed on C:. I can understand you not being able to uninstall programs which you had on E: but you get an error every time you try to install any program?
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Apr 30, 2007, 09:59 AM
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Sounds like your CD-ROM drive was E: before, and your two hard disk were C: and D:. Now that D:'s gone, the CD-ROM probably changed to D:.
To fix this, right-click on My Computer and select Manage. Click on Disk Management. Right-click the CD-ROM drive and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." in the menu. Select the D: and then click "Change." Select E: from the drop down list. Click OK twice, and then close Computer Management.
This should put your CD-ROM back on the drive letter Windows expects to find it at.
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Apr 30, 2007, 09:59 AM
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Ah, good one Northwind - that sounds right.
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Apr 30, 2007, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by js313
I recently removed a second hard drive from my computer (Dell w/ Windows XP). Now I cannot install or uninstall programs because the drive path (E) is no longer there. I get an error message: Error 1327. Invalid Drive E:\. I disabled the drive in the setup utility and it is no longer visible in disk management. How do I correct this?
Jeff
To clarify: A:\ is a floppy disk drive, C:\ is the primary hard drive with windows XP, etc. D:\ is the DVD-RW drive and E:\ was the second hard drive which was removed. Now I can no longer install or uninstall programs because of the missing path.
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Apr 30, 2007, 12:02 PM
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The only way you could get that error is if the installation routine was hardcoded to look for E: or if you have some persistent mapped drive paths that point to E:. Try using CCleaner to do Registry cleaning.
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Apr 30, 2007, 12:10 PM
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I can understand if you cannot uninstall programs that were originally installed on E:. However, you are also unable to install new applications? Was part of the operating system stored on E?
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Apr 30, 2007, 12:17 PM
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Dude, you disagreed with Northwind yet you had not explained your drive letter assignment in your first post. Were we supposed to know that because we are gods?
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Oct 17, 2009, 12:25 PM
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I get this message when I try installing certain programs from the D drive as well as trying to uninstall some programs. I went through the disk maganement as suggested only to have programs I can no longer use. So I restored my system to an earlier date. ANy other suggestions for fixing this error message.
Chris
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Jan 27, 2011, 08:14 AM
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Just wanted to thank Northwind Dagas - I googled the error message, found this page, and the fix worked perfectly. Thanks again.
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May 26, 2012, 03:11 PM
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Cd rw not recognized and runs path D. I later added DVD and it runs E but CDRW will not work at all.
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