work this one out.......i have dual booted my computer with xp and vista.....when i am on xp ,xp is c drive and vista is d drive....but when i am on vista ...vista changes to c and xp to d
can anyone explain why this occurs,its not a problem btu previously when i have dual booted with 98 and me this never happened
any ideas?
2006-11-25 06:13:16 · 4 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
2 x hard drives 80gb + 40gb
xp on 80gb hard drive and vista on 40gb hard drive no partitions
2006-11-25 06:46:33 · update #1
Yep, C is always defined as the system drive by the OS whether you have named it something different or not. Since you can only use one windows OS at once that OS will see itself as position on the C drive.
2006-11-25 06:58:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probaby due to the OS's defining the primary (boot) partition as C and secondary partitions as D
it could also be linked to NTFS securities
would suggest not dual booting using vista as it does say in the RC1 release notes, dont do it
i have vista on 1 drive and xp on another, that way its easy
2006-11-25 14:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by yoric h 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Existing OS must be on C.
That's how it is.
2006-11-25 14:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you lucky beggar ;)
i tried the same and it ate one of my hard-drives, never worked again :'(
2006-11-25 14:21:38 · answer #4 · answered by Icarus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋