Installing XP on Non-C Drive?

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Andy said:
Not sure if its a system drive issue but certainly Adobe Photshop
elements V2 throws a complete fit if you install to any other drive
but C: it will install but any updates add ons ect seem to get really
confused
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Interesting. Personally the only Adobe stuff I use is Acrobat Reader and
I'm debating ditching that since it became bloatware.
 
Folkert said:
Every idiot can be an MS-MVP, apparently.
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Ergo, every Folkert can be an idiot. Obviously.


Hi Folkert - I see you're spamming the group again. Bored?


Odie
 
J. Clarke said:
Whatever drive the board boots off of is going to be the C drive--that's the
drive letter that Windows assigns to the boot drive. Doesn't matter if
it's the 14th drive on the third SCSI adapter.
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Pity about the many people here seeking advice when their windows
boot drive didn't come back as C: but as the drive letter that it had
when the OS was installed to it.
 
Folkert Rienstra said:
Pity about the many people here seeking advice when their windows
boot drive didn't come back as C: but as the drive letter that it had
when the OS was installed to it.
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There must be a way to install the OS on another HD and have the
partition where the OS gets installed be called "C:" by that OS when
it's booted. When one installs WinXP as the last OS in a multi-boot
environment, it can somehow be told that it should call itself "C:".

*TimDaniels*
 
Timothy Daniels said:
Folkert Rienstra wrote

There must be a way to install the OS on another HD and have the
partition where the OS gets installed be called "C:" by that OS when
it's booted.
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Yes, just physically unplug the drive with the
previous installation before doing the install.
When one installs WinXP as the last OS in a multi-boot
environment, it can somehow be told that it should call itself "C:".
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Its easier to just unplug the drive with the previous install.
 
No you don't, obviously.


Because you "want to keep things simple", obviously.



Guess again.
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That was about as mature and brainy as a freshly laid turd.

Why? Because YOU ARE simple.
 
As are you, troll.

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| It also seems that any immature idiot can post in Usenet as well.
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| You are a fine example.
 
Rod Speed said:
Yes, just physically unplug the drive with the
previous installation before doing the install.


Its easier to just unplug the drive with the previous install.
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By unplugging the other drive, one simply has a single-HD
installation to do. But if you want a multi-boot arrangement,
the intallation CD for the lastly installed OS must be able to
"see" the other OSes so as to set up the boot.ini file
correctly. How does one do that, i.e. set up a multi-boot
environment at installation time and still have the lastly
installed OS call itself "C:"?

*TimDaniels*
 
Timothy said:
By unplugging the other drive, one simply has a single-HD
installation to do. But if you want a multi-boot arrangement,
the intallation CD for the lastly installed OS must be able to
"see" the other OSes so as to set up the boot.ini file
correctly. How does one do that, i.e. set up a multi-boot
environment at installation time and still have the lastly
installed OS call itself "C:"?
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One workaround...

Create empty partitions (don't format them at this stage) for all the
OSes you want to install.

Install XP first so that it will default to C: drive.

Install the other OSes thereafter on the (unformatted) partitions
previously created.

Edit the boot.ini file manually where required. (Easy enough - couple
of minutes at most.)

I don't know the exact system requirements, but some of the above might
be a useful pointer.

There are registry edits that can be done to force (encourage?) an
installation to "see" itself on C: drive.


Odie
 
One workaround...

Create empty partitions (don't format them at this stage) for all the
OSes you want to install.

Install XP first so that it will default to C: drive.
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XP does tell the installer what drive letter it will be using for whatever
partition you select during installation. I guess a lot of people don't
notice that.
 
Timothy Daniels said:
Rod Speed wrote
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By unplugging the other drive, one simply has a single-HD
installation to do. But if you want a multi-boot arrangement,
the intallation CD for the lastly installed OS must be able to
"see" the other OSes so as to set up the boot.ini file correctly. How does
one do that, i.e. set up a multi-boot environment at installation time and
still have the lastly installed OS call itself "C:"?
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Just edit the boot.ini manually after the install.
 
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