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Thread ID: 88213	2008-03-19 05:40:00	Vista/XP Dual boot config	Mike (15)	Press F1

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650782	2008-03-19 20:59:00	Well reinstall everything. Then both might end up on C, if they're on different hdds.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
650783	2008-03-19 21:53:00	Then both might end up on C, if they're on different hdds. Hm... I'm not sure, maybe if they are in different file formats it works. essential: first install xp, xp don't like other os at his side. You need 2 partitions or better 2 hdds.	Crow1985 (6683)
650784	2008-03-19 22:06:00	Well it'll have to be 2 different hdd's. Since a partition if its on the same hdd obviously it wont be C. You'll need 2 separate hdd's, if u want both of them to be C.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
650785	2008-03-19 22:16:00	Hm I'm interested in the conclusion, i hope the threadopener will post it.:)	Crow1985 (6683)
650786	2008-03-19 23:40:00	Well it'll have to be 2 different hdd's. Since a partition if its on the same hdd obviously it wont be C. You'll need 2 separate hdd's, if u want both of them to be C.For the last 6 months or so I've had both OS's on the same physical HDD (separate partitions), with both XP and Vista thinking it was installed on C:\, so I'd assume "obviously" isn't quite right ;) My understanding is that the OS decides the drive letters, not the physical drive... but convincing the OS which letter to call the install drive is another matter... I will reinstall all tonight/tomorrow, starting with XP first (unless someone tells me how else to do it in the meantime) and hopefully I can get it set up right again. Come to think of it, before I reinstalled everything, XP was installed on the first partition and Vista on the second... so maybe I did install XP first... :annoyed: Anyway if nobody comes up with a solution I'll try it all out and post back the results (if I manage to get back on the net afterwards ;)) Cheers, Mike.	Mike (15)
650787	2008-03-20 02:14:00	Still trying to figure out exactly where you problem is. Irrelevant I still want both OS's to see themselves as installed on C:\ It is Relevant. If you have a hard drive partitioned off into two, 1 partition has XP and the other has Vista, what ever OS you boot into will automatically load as C: drive. Example: if you Boot From XP (www.imagef1.net.nz) then the vista drive letter will be something Else, in this case its Drive E: and XP is Drive C:. If you Boot From Vista (www.imagef1.net.nz) Then Vista Will be drive C: and XP will change to a different drive letter, in this case Drive D: Reading the replies, - I may have this wrong but--- If you are wanting to install Software on Vista, you would boot from Vista and install, and the drive is automatically C: , like wise installing on XP, boot from XP and install on XP which would automatically change to Drive C: Wheres the problem ????????? If you try to boot from One OS and try to install on the other thats suicide - it aint gonna work. Most software will automatically allocate the main booted drive as C: but most can also be told to install on other drives BUT not one that has an OS. Thats a bit like having Linux and XP and trying to cross install - aint gonna happen.	wainuitech (129)
650788	2008-03-20 02:55:00	You can change the drive letters and make them use a certain letter, by going into Control Panel/ Admin tools /Computer management/Disk Management / Right click the drive concerned, and change the drive letter. BUT It wont change if its the boot drive, AND if you think about it, if you boot into XP and change the Vista Drive letter, when you try to boot into Vista it wont, because its looking for Drive C: which is where the OS was installed - which now doesn't exist.	wainuitech (129)
650789	2008-03-20 04:07:00	Still trying to figure out exactly where you problem is. It is Relevant. If you have a hard drive partitioned off into two, 1 partition has XP and the other has Vista, what ever OS you boot into will automatically load as C: drive. Example: if you Boot From XP (www.imagef1.net.nz) then the vista drive letter will be something Else, in this case its Drive E: and XP is Drive C:. If you Boot From Vista (www.imagef1.net.nz) Then Vista Will be drive C: and XP will change to a different drive letter, in this case Drive D: Reading the replies, - I may have this wrong but--- If you are wanting to install Software on Vista, you would boot from Vista and install, and the drive is automatically C: , like wise installing on XP, boot from XP and install on XP which would automatically change to Drive C: Wheres the problem ????????? If you try to boot from One OS and try to install on the other thats suicide - it aint gonna work. Most software will automatically allocate the main booted drive as C: but most can also be told to install on other drives BUT not one that has an OS. Thats a bit like having Linux and XP and trying to cross install - aint gonna happen.Noooooooooooo.......... :) I installed Vista... it happily sees itself as living on C:\ I installed XP... it happily sees itself as living on G:\ - I don't want it on G:\ I want it on C:\ like I used to have. I want to know how to tell XP to either install on C:\ or change the boot drive letter to be C:\ without installing (I don't think the latter is possible). I'm not trying to install from one OS onto the other OS's drive, however with one OS being C:\ and the other being something else, I run the risk of something installing onto the drive of another OS which I don't want to happen. Plus it just is easier to have the OS on drive C:\ whatever OS that may be. Prior to my reinstall last week I had Vista and XP both on the same physical drive, two separate partitions, both seeing themselves being on C:\ (Vista saw the XP partition as being Z:\, XP saw the Vista partition as J:\ I think) Now I have Vista on C:\ and XP on G:\ :illogical Changing the XP drive letter in Vista only affects the letter in Vista - XP still stays the same - the drive letter is OS set, not PC set (apart from the OS boot partition which I can't seem to change) So the problem is that I want XP to think its on C:\ (and Vista partition is something else) and I want Vista to think its on C:\ (a different one, with XP partition on something else). I can't get them to behave that way, but I know it is possible as that is how it was set up before my reinstall. Clear as mud? Mike.	Mike (15)
650790	2008-03-20 04:09:00	Example: if you Boot From XP (www.imagef1.net.nz) then the vista drive letter will be something Else, in this case its Drive E: and XP is Drive C:. If you Boot From Vista (www.imagef1.net.nz) Then Vista Will be drive C: and XP will change to a different drive letter, in this case Drive D:I didn't see your images there the first time I read through... That is how I want to see my OS's - when in Vista I want to see Vista partition on C:\ and XP partition on Z:\, and when in XP I want to see XP partition on C:\ and Vista partition on Z:\ (or whatever for the other OS). For some reason I can't get them set up like that. Mike.	Mike (15)
650791	2008-03-20 04:20:00	Okay if XP when it boots as you wrote I installed XP... it happily sees itself as living on G:\ - I don't want it on G:\ I want it on C:\ like I used to have. IS showing as Drive G, even when booted into XP then something certainly not standard. The Screen shot links I posted above sound like the same setup - single drive with two partitions. When you boot into which ever OS it should automatically change to C: as the main drive. You can check in the disk manager when Vista is booted, or for that matter even in XP and make sure its not been allocated as default as Drive G: If it has then you can change so it will load as C:, BUT doing so may also make it unbootable as C: Note: just make sure you back up any data before "Playing" with the drive settings - just in case. If you decide to do the reinstall, load XP first on the first partition, load all drivers etc, then install Vista on the second Partition, Vista will change the boot loader to allow Dual booting automatically - its a lot easier than loading Vista then XP.	wainuitech (129)
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