Vista - Clean install

I did a clean install of beta2.

i have xpp installed on c: drive.

vista on the second partition of my primary drive.

during setup i partitioned and formatted the D: partition. expecting vista
to be installed to the D drive.

but after setup vista is on a c: partition. and it shows XPP on D: and i
think you can't change the drive letters of a system or boot partition.

if I boot into XP it is on the c: and it shows vista on E:

hope this is will be resolved before RTM.

no biggie, but it would be nice if I could keep the same drive letters for
the same partitions\drives in different OS's.

or even better if you had the option to select a drive letter for each drive
including CD\ DVD devices during Windows setup

i.e.

HDD0 Partition0 = C:
DVD = D:
HDD0 Partition1 = V:
DVD-RW = W:
HDD1 Partition 0 = X:



I don't need to hear that this is by design, or to use 3rd party
partitioning software...

What is Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive?

> What is Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive?

People have been complaining about issues with XP installing to D: or E:
instead of C: and messing things up, so they fixed it for them. Sometimes,
the majority rules.


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Dustin Harper
http://www.overclockersrip.net


"troma" <troma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I did a clean install of beta2.
>
> i have xpp installed on c: drive.
>
> vista on the second partition of my primary drive.
>
> during setup i partitioned and formatted the D: partition. expecting vista
> to be installed to the D drive.
>
> but after setup vista is on a c: partition. and it shows XPP on D: and i
> think you can't change the drive letters of a system or boot partition.
>
> if I boot into XP it is on the c: and it shows vista on E:
>
> hope this is will be resolved before RTM.
>
> no biggie, but it would be nice if I could keep the same drive letters for
> the same partitions\drives in different OS's.
>
> or even better if you had the option to select a drive letter for each
> drive
> including CD\ DVD devices during Windows setup
>
> i.e.
>
> HDD0 Partition0 = C:
> DVD = D:
> HDD0 Partition1 = V:
> DVD-RW = W:
> HDD1 Partition 0 = X:
>
>
>
> I don't need to hear that this is by design, or to use 3rd party
> partitioning software...
>
> What is Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive?
>
>
>
>