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: Likely not! If you did not hide your old C: drive during the installation
of
: Vista , the boot code for Vista will reside on that drive. If you now
delete
: the C: partition, or wipe this partition, the boot code will be gone. Then
: you will have to use the repair function from the Vista DVD to repair your
: boot function.
You can repair the boot code to be on C or V, but Vista will always be
installed to V.
Yes, you can delete the XP files and not affect the boot files.
You can't format the drive to remove the files without having to repair the
startup.
: Understand please that it is desirable, in many ways, to have the
operating
: system reside on the first partition of the hard drive.
Vista may be on the first partition of the second disk.
The following information is correct for one hard drive.
I would reinstall Vista.
--
Ronald Sommer
:
: 1. Tradition - this is because most all store bought computers come
with
: one hard drive, and the operating system is almost always seen as being on
: drive C: when you boot the computer up.
:
: 2. Because of the above, programs you install tend to write a lot of
code
: to the C: partition, even if you install the program to partition E: The
: general repository for program code is C:\Program Files, not E:\Program
: Files
:
: 3. The data transfer is faster at the outer edge of the physical disk
: where there is a higher linear speed for the same disk RPM, as compared to
: the inner portion of the drive.
:
: There are others, but I am sure you get the drift!
:
: If it were me, I would reinstall Vista to where tradition has the O/S
placed
: and avoid all sorts of possible problems.
:
:
:
: --
:
:
: Regards,
:
: Richard Urban MVP
: Microsoft Windows Shell/User
:
:
: : >I Have XP on my C: drive, and Vista on my V: drive on another dish. Is it
: >possible to delete XP without damage Vista and the start up section ??
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