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Installed on Drive G:, boots up as C:
  1. #1


    The Frozen Canuck Guest

    Installed on Drive G:, boots up as C:

    I have Vista installed on Drive G: (from XP or XP64 my two other OS's).
    Upon bootup of Vista it shifts drive letters and maps itself on C:

    Now I can live with that but happens if I move/delete other drives? I have
    XP on C: but as of now it is trashed and I'm considering getting rid of it
    totally. Drive F: is XP64 and I'd be interested in having Vista is my
    primary where XP used to be and using XP64 for those things Vista can't do
    yet.



    Comments on my options would be appreciated.


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  2. #2


    Colin Barnhorst Guest

    Re: Installed on Drive G:, boots up as C:

    The drive designations are specific to the OS running.

    "The Frozen Canuck" <canuck@canuck.com> wrote in message
    news:OF6xjT5pGHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
    >I have Vista installed on Drive G: (from XP or XP64 my two other OS's).
    >Upon bootup of Vista it shifts drive letters and maps itself on C:
    >
    > Now I can live with that but happens if I move/delete other drives? I
    > have XP on C: but as of now it is trashed and I'm considering getting rid
    > of it totally. Drive F: is XP64 and I'd be interested in having Vista is
    > my primary where XP used to be and using XP64 for those things Vista can't
    > do yet.
    >
    > Comments on my options would be appreciated.




      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    andy Guest

    Re: Installed on Drive G:, boots up as C:

    On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:28:51 -0300, "The Frozen Canuck"
    <canuck@canuck.com> wrote:

    >I have Vista installed on Drive G: (from XP or XP64 my two other OS's).
    >Upon bootup of Vista it shifts drive letters and maps itself on C:
    >
    >Now I can live with that but happens if I move/delete other drives? I have
    >XP on C: but as of now it is trashed and I'm considering getting rid of it
    >totally. Drive F: is XP64 and I'd be interested in having Vista is my
    >primary where XP used to be and using XP64 for those things Vista can't do
    >yet.
    >
    >Comments on my options would be appreciated.


    You can't delete the system volume. I don't know how the Vista loader
    identifies drives and partitions, but that is something you should
    know before you delete or move drives or partitions.

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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