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i have norton partionmagic and im going to make a new partion. When i
partion, it xp will be c: and vista will be d:. How can i change xp to d and
vista to c without boot problems or formatting my xp.
 
I would leave XP as C: and install Vista on D: If you decide to get rid of
Vista, you can restore the MBR on C:

While booted into XP, insert the Vista DVD into the player and choose to do
a custom install and choose D: as the location to install Vista.
 
dydomite0 said:
i have norton partionmagic and im going to make a new partion. When i
partion, it xp will be c: and vista will be d:. How can i change xp
to d and vista to c without boot problems or formatting my xp.
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In my case, I use my system BOS to change the order of the drives.
Both Vista and XP are "C".

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On my computer, I have XP installed in C: and Vista is installed in D:

Vista will put a boot menu on C: that lets you choose to boot XP or Vista.
The default is Vista. If something goes wrong you can restore the mbr on C:
and be none the worse.

When I installed Vista, I made two partitions on a single hdd and installed
XP on the first partition which is C:
While I was booted into XP, I inserted the DVD into the drive and did a
custom install and pointed the installer to the second partition which is D:

That worked well for me. I have upgraded a couple of times and that process
takes over an hour but everything is preserved and you still have the
settings and programs that you have already installed.

My system:
Gigabyte GA-K8U-939 mb
AMD 64 3200+ cpu
2 gb ram
ATI 9600 video
Maxtor 250 gb sata hdd
 
It will work on any drive, just like Windows XP. What has
changed in Vista is that if you boot from the DVD Vista
designate what ever drive or partition it installs to as C:,
but that does not affect the other designations when booted
into other systems. My 1st install of Vista Beta2 was on a
single drive; I installed x86 1st and it was C: drive, I
then installed x64 to what appeared to be E: drive in x86,
but booted as C: after installation. If you want to
maintain a particular sequence of drive letters on your
system, you boot into Win XP and then install Vista to the
drive or partition you want. You can only do this within
the same OS group; i.e. Win XP -> Vista x86 or Win x64 ->
Vista x64.
 
Quite simply you 'don't'. When Vista installs it will change the D partition
to C: by default. You don't have to worry about this, when you boot to XP
your XP drive will still be classed as C:, Vista will simply change the
drive letters when you boot into Vista. By installing Vista along with XP
you will be dual booting so, on booting your machine, you will have th
eoption to boot into XP or Vista. The operating systems will do the rest. I
run XP Home, XP Pro and Vista on 3 seperate partitions on my machine and
have no problems.

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Running partition magic to create your new partition should work fine. I
would, however, reformat the Vista drive as part of your install
 
Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



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Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

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Not worked when i've tried it. I'm not saying it's impossible, becaue these things can be done by making registry adjustments (well you can with win 98 etc). But Microsoft's instructions for dual booting state that 'the oldest operating system must be installed first.' This is the practise i use.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



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Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

--
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Install XP first in time sequence, as mikeyhsd suggests, not necessarily into the first partition. Subtle nuances always seem to make large differences when dealing with ones and zeros.
Not worked when i've tried it. I'm not saying it's impossible, becaue these things can be done by making registry adjustments (well you can with win 98 etc). But Microsoft's instructions for dual booting state that 'the oldest operating system must be installed first.' This is the practise i use.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



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Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

--
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the XP boot info is put on the "C" drive in this case.
then the Vista boot info is also put on the "C" drive allowing the dual boot from the "C" drive showing choice of Previous Sindows along with Vista.

the KEY is to install XP first.




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Not worked when i've tried it. I'm not saying it's impossible, becaue these things can be done by making registry adjustments (well you can with win 98 etc). But Microsoft's instructions for dual booting state that 'the oldest operating system must be installed first.' This is the practise i use.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



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Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

--
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Agreed. You can install the first os (XP) to either partition and install Vista second to either partition. The first partition must be set up as a primary partition before installing XP to the second partition. If it is left as freespace, XP will be the C drive within XP and the other partition will be another letter. In XP the first primary drive (according to ARC path) gets the letter C and this is permanent in the registry.
the XP boot info is put on the "C" drive in this case.
then the Vista boot info is also put on the "C" drive allowing the dual boot from the "C" drive showing choice of Previous Sindows along with Vista.

the KEY is to install XP first.




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Not worked when i've tried it. I'm not saying it's impossible, becaue these things can be done by making registry adjustments (well you can with win 98 etc). But Microsoft's instructions for dual booting state that 'the oldest operating system must be installed first.' This is the practise i use.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



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Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

--
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Well i'll certainly have to try that one!

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Install XP first in time sequence, as mikeyhsd suggests, not necessarily into the first partition. Subtle nuances always seem to make large differences when dealing with ones and zeros.
Not worked when i've tried it. I'm not saying it's impossible, becaue these things can be done by making registry adjustments (well you can with win 98 etc). But Microsoft's instructions for dual booting state that 'the oldest operating system must be installed first.' This is the practise i use.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



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Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

--
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Primary active drive.
Agreed. You can install the first os (XP) to either partition and install Vista second to either partition. The first partition must be set up as a primary partition before installing XP to the second partition. If it is left as freespace, XP will be the C drive within XP and the other partition will be another letter. In XP the first primary drive (according to ARC path) gets the letter C and this is permanent in the registry.
the XP boot info is put on the "C" drive in this case.
then the Vista boot info is also put on the "C" drive allowing the dual boot from the "C" drive showing choice of Previous Sindows along with Vista.

the KEY is to install XP first.




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Not worked when i've tried it. I'm not saying it's impossible, becaue these things can be done by making registry adjustments (well you can with win 98 etc). But Microsoft's instructions for dual booting state that 'the oldest operating system must be installed first.' This is the practise i use.

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NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.



(e-mail address removed)



Dydomite0, you are missing the point. You can't chnage your C: drive to D
and visa versa. Because you are running (or will be running ) a dual boot
system the 'oldest' operating system, i.e XP 'must' be installed on drive C:
Let us take this scenario: If you completely reformatted your hard drive,
then created two partitions, C: and D:, then installed Vista on C: and
'attempted' to install XP on D: XP would complain and not install. This is
how things work with dual boot systems. The 'oldest' operating system must
be on C:

If you leave things as they are and install Vista on the D: drive, when you
boot to Vista it will tell you that the Vista drive is C: and XP is D:
Basically it will depend upon what operating system you now use. Using PM
will certainly not change anything.

--
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"MIKEYHSD said:

NOT true John.
you can take a disk in 2 partitions. C as #1 and D as #2.
format both.
instlal XP on D.
then install Vista on C.
dual boot config created.

Have done it.

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**** this is what i am talking about. mikiey you are going on and on about
how wrong John is but yet you post the same damn thing. in your scenario DID
you NOT INSTALL XP FIRST?
who gives a hoot which partition it went to. just because it went to the D:
partition doesnt mean that XP is first, second, third or fifty-ith. it makes
no difference. XP has no freaking clue where it is at in relation to position
of the drive. just be quiet and read what other people are saying before
enforcing how much you know.!!! Oldest OS gets loaded first, then newest
system period!
 
Maybe you are confused about which 'John' Mickeyhsd is talking about. I
agreed with Mickey.
 
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