Local disk designated as H: on my compaq?

Hi all. I have a Compaq Presario Media Center SR1950NX Desktop PC. Recently, the hard drive that came with my pc has failed. What I did was,I bought a new samsung hard drive and installed it inside the computer. Now, when I put my windows xp cd inside the computer, it shows that the hard drive is designated to letter H:, while C: is designated to one of the media card readers. Why is this happening? Can someone please help me figure out this problem?

 

What operating system do you have?

 

Greetings, niceyo2002...

You might try this:

1. Open the Control Panel
2. Select Classic View (if not already setup that way)
3. Click Administrative Tools Folder
4. Double-click the Computer Management icon
5. Computer Management window will open. Click storage in the left page.
6. Double-click Disk Management
7. Right-click the drive you want to change
8. Select Change Drive Letter and Paths
9. Click the Change Button
10. Select the drive letter to which you want to assign it
11. Note the warning and agree if you accept the risks
12. Close out the disk management

As an aside - why are you having to put in your XP disk?