Why not just right click on the drive and choose "Change drive letter and Path" and then click "Add" to associate a drive letter to it?

And that's what I'm doing right now too :D

All this discussion after a simple "No". I like, I like :P

Also check that your system BIOS is not set to automatically start the system

I must say that you have followed a very logical course of action. I would however like to mention that considering that the exact same issue occured on two different drives, I would definitely not...

This website here (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223) shows that support for Windows XP Pro will end on 14th April 2009.

Slowly being phased out, maybe. But you would also know that XP SP3 is due in the second quarter of '08. XP support will be around for some time now. Besides, Dell for one IS offering computers with...

I concur with Chris. If indeed you have the same problem in Safe Mode, you're left with little choice except for a reinstall. However, one thing I can suggest is to check to see if there were any...

Agreed. But it really doesn't matter if the dude there is doing so because he is helpful or because it's policy, as long as he can get you what you want

Trust me, in Dell, they can. I should know, I've done it numerous times.

Just spoke to a Dell rep and I was informed that XP is available (after a lot of time convincing him I do NOT want Vista on my laptop - got my desktop with Vista). This ofcourse, is Dell India. I...

Im running Ultimate edition on an aold Athlon 64 2800+ with 1 gig and an FX 5200 card. Runs quite good there.

Marking thread as solved.

Did you activate Vista? I've heard reports that MS is planning to disable certain features in Vista (including the aero thingie) until you activate your copy.