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Old 02-25-2008   #5 (permalink)
Donald L McDaniel


 
 

Re: Drive letters in XP and Vista both indicate C:\

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:27:01 -0800, Patricko
<Patricko@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>I recently installed Vista (dual boot). I already had XP installed. Both
>systems now
>show C:\ as their respective drive letter. Vista should be showing D:\ How
>can i fix this?
Vista should NOT be showing its System drive as "D:" in a dual-boot
installation. It should show its system drive as "C:". Additionally,
it SHOULD change the drive letter of XP to "D:" rather than "C:".
This will happen without your permission each time you install Vista
after installing XP. Whether it would be easy to change the XP volume
back to "C:", I do not know, since I've never tried it. Theoretically
it should be possible. I don't know how practical it would be,
however.

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Donald L McDaniel

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something so simple so badly? If you stick a computer
keyboard in front of most people, they'll suddenly drop
30 points off their IQs. Much like placing a "Pork Barrel"
bill in front of a politician: He'll forget all about
"cooperation" the minute he counts the zeroes before the
decimal point.
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