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Old 07-10-2007   #1 (permalink)
BChat


 
 

Dual Boot OS swap

I have XP Home on drive 0 - C:
I have Vista Ultimate on drive 1 - D:
Vista was installed through C:
VistaBootPro is on C:
All works fine :-)
(God forbid I should leave things alone)

Is there any advantage to swapping Vista to C:?

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Old 07-10-2007   #2 (permalink)
Malke


 
 

Re: Dual Boot OS swap

BChat wrote:
> I have XP Home on drive 0 - C:
> I have Vista Ultimate on drive 1 - D:
> Vista was installed through C:
> VistaBootPro is on C:
> All works fine :-)
> (God forbid I should leave things alone)
>
> Is there any advantage to swapping Vista to C:?


No. But will that stop you from tinkering? ;-)


Malke
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Old 07-10-2007   #3 (permalink)
BChat


 
 

Re: Dual Boot OS swap


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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BChat wrote:
> I have XP Home on drive 0 - C:
> I have Vista Ultimate on drive 1 - D:
> Vista was installed through C:
> VistaBootPro is on C:
> All works fine :-)
> (God forbid I should leave things alone)
>
> Is there any advantage to swapping Vista to C:?


No. But will that stop you from tinkering? ;-)

Ah - well - it might - I'm getting older - I'm getting wiser
;-)

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Old 07-10-2007   #4 (permalink)
John Barnes


 
 

Re: Dual Boot OS swap

No. And depending on how you plan to do it you could really mess things up.

"BChat" <BChat@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>I have XP Home on drive 0 - C:
> I have Vista Ultimate on drive 1 - D:
> Vista was installed through C:
> VistaBootPro is on C:
> All works fine :-)
> (God forbid I should leave things alone)
>
> Is there any advantage to swapping Vista to C:?


My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-11-2007   #5 (permalink)
Lang Murphy


 
 

Re: Dual Boot OS swap

"BChat" <BChat@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:ukJ7YsvwHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have XP Home on drive 0 - C:
> I have Vista Ultimate on drive 1 - D:
> Vista was installed through C:
> VistaBootPro is on C:
> All works fine :-)
> (God forbid I should leave things alone)
>
> Is there any advantage to swapping Vista to C:?



"All works fine :-)" ??? Then why on earth would you want to jeopardize
that? To quote those Milk ads... "Got backups?"

Lang

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Old 07-11-2007   #6 (permalink)
BChat


 
 

Re: Dual Boot OS swap


"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"BChat" <BChat@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:ukJ7YsvwHHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have XP Home on drive 0 - C:
> I have Vista Ultimate on drive 1 - D:
> Vista was installed through C:
> VistaBootPro is on C:
> All works fine :-)
> (God forbid I should leave things alone)
>
> Is there any advantage to swapping Vista to C:?



"All works fine :-)" ??? Then why on earth would you want to jeopardize
that? To quote those Milk ads... "Got backups?"

Lang
---------

I use Acronis True Image to keep updated images of C: & D:
I am a FIRM believer in backups
I am not really sure why/where the ''swap'' idea occurred to me ;-)
Probably from the same area of the brain that thought marriage was a good
idea.
No OS swap will be taking place.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-12-2007   #7 (permalink)
Lang Murphy


 
 

Re: Dual Boot OS swap

<snip>
> "All works fine :-)" ??? Then why on earth would you want to jeopardize
> that? To quote those Milk ads... "Got backups?"
>
> Lang
> ---------
>
> I use Acronis True Image to keep updated images of C: & D:
> I am a FIRM believer in backups
> I am not really sure why/where the ''swap'' idea occurred to me ;-)


> Probably from the same area of the brain that thought marriage was a good
> idea.


Nuff said! ;-)

> No OS swap will be taking place.
>


All right then...

Lang

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