I had two (separate) XPPRO's installed in partitions C: and D: on my main
HD. I say had, because I just formatted and got rid of the second one for
now as my Bluetooth Keyboard wouldn't work in the second one unless I
removed and added it back.
Question is: Why when 2nd Pro installed did the drive letters I see when
in first setup C:PRO1 D:PRO2 E:Spare F:Backup change when in setup 2 to:
C:PRO1 F:PRO2 G:Spare E:Backup ?
I noticed when signed into the second setup PRO1 in C: was still the active
partition....
So what am I doing wrong before I take another crack at this?
I used Norton PM to partition (all NTFS) and Windows own boot manager to
switch between them.
I just thought it would be useful, as I own 2 copies of Pro to have one
setup for beta testing stuff.
---
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD

Peter wrote:
> I had two (separate) XPPRO's installed in partitions C: and D: on my main
> HD. I say had, because I just formatted and got rid of the second one for
> now as my Bluetooth Keyboard wouldn't work in the second one unless I
> removed and added it back.
> Question is: Why when 2nd Pro installed did the drive letters I see when
> in first setup C:PRO1 D:PRO2 E:Spare F:Backup change when in setup 2 to:
> C:PRO1 F:PRO2 G:Spare E:Backup ?
> I noticed when signed into the second setup PRO1 in C: was still the active
> partition....
> So what am I doing wrong before I take another crack at this?
> I used Norton PM to partition (all NTFS) and Windows own boot manager to
> switch between them.
> I just thought it would be useful, as I own 2 copies of Pro to have one
> setup for beta testing stuff.
> ---
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> 2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
>
>

Do you have a CD or DVD drive that is "D"?

jimbo

CDRW and DVDRW are drives J: and K: and my external HD is I:

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Peter wrote:
>> I had two (separate) XPPRO's installed in partitions C: and D: on my main
>> HD. I say had, because I just formatted and got rid of the second one
>> for now as my Bluetooth Keyboard wouldn't work in the second one unless I
>> removed and added it back.
>> Question is: Why when 2nd Pro installed did the drive letters I see
>> when in first setup C:PRO1 D:PRO2 E:Spare F:Backup change when in setup 2
>> to: C:PRO1 F:PRO2 G:Spare E:Backup ?
>> I noticed when signed into the second setup PRO1 in C: was still the
>> active partition....
>> So what am I doing wrong before I take another crack at this?
>> I used Norton PM to partition (all NTFS) and Windows own boot manager to
>> switch between them.
>> I just thought it would be useful, as I own 2 copies of Pro to have one
>> setup for beta testing stuff.
>> ---
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> 2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
>
> Do you have a CD or DVD drive that is "D"?
>
> jimbo

I should add.. the rearranged drive letters occur the minute I click ESC to
set up a fresh copy of Windows, then whatever to get that screen with the
choice of drives.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> CDRW and DVDRW are drives J: and K: and my external HD is I:
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> 2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
> "jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Peter wrote:
>>> I had two (separate) XPPRO's installed in partitions C: and D: on my
>>> main HD. I say had, because I just formatted and got rid of the second
>>> one for now as my Bluetooth Keyboard wouldn't work in the second one
>>> unless I removed and added it back.
>>> Question is: Why when 2nd Pro installed did the drive letters I see
>>> when in first setup C:PRO1 D:PRO2 E:Spare F:Backup change when in setup
>>> 2 to: C:PRO1 F:PRO2 G:Spare E:Backup ?
>>> I noticed when signed into the second setup PRO1 in C: was still the
>>> active partition....
>>> So what am I doing wrong before I take another crack at this?
>>> I used Norton PM to partition (all NTFS) and Windows own boot manager
>>> to switch between them.
>>> I just thought it would be useful, as I own 2 copies of Pro to have one
>>> setup for beta testing stuff.
>>> ---
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> 2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
>>
>> Do you have a CD or DVD drive that is "D"?
>>
>> jimbo
>
>

Peter wrote:
> CDRW and DVDRW are drives J: and K: and my external HD is I:
>

So, you are "missing" "D" and "H". Probably has to do with the
partition type, primary or extended.

jimbo

C,D and E are Primary (all intended for Windows...whatever).. F is logical
in an extended partition. (As viewed in the first installation).

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:O_CdnWV377Np4r3ZRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Peter wrote:
>> CDRW and DVDRW are drives J: and K: and my external HD is I:
>>
>
> So, you are "missing" "D" and "H". Probably has to do with the partition
> type, primary or extended.
>
> jimbo

Peter wrote:
> C,D and E are Primary (all intended for Windows...whatever).. F is logical
> in an extended partition. (As viewed in the first installation).
>

Well, if "D" is there, what is on "D"? I do not understand what is
going on. I will be out of town for the next few days.

Good luck, jimbo

C is my original XP Pro, D is hopefully my second XP Pro, E is spare, and F
is backups.
All I'm wondering is why when I install the second Pro on D and boot into it
the drive letters all change, except for C.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro (1 primary and 1 testing purposes)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:HPOdndzroc7VKL3ZRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Peter wrote:
>> C,D and E are Primary (all intended for Windows...whatever).. F is
>> logical in an extended partition. (As viewed in the first installation).
>>
>
> Well, if "D" is there, what is on "D"? I do not understand what is going
> on. I will be out of town for the next few days.
>
> Good luck, jimbo