Mysterious Partition?

[RScotti]

Hi Kerry,
Sorry for all the questions but I just noticed that with a disk unallocated. It doesn't have a drive letter. How do I
tell Vista to install there?

You could also do this with a partition on an existing drive. A separate
drive is a little safer but either will work.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible

 

[Kerry Brown]

Vista will find the unallocated space. During the install you can create a
partition there and format it.

 

[Kerry Brown]

That will probably work. I don't have Partition Magic so I don't know for
sure. There have been some reports of incompatibilities with PM and Vista. I
find it is always best to let the installing OS create and format it's own
partition. There are often small differences between different OS versions
of NTFS or whatever file system the OS is using. One thing to be aware of
during the install. Vista often displays different drive letters from XP.
What Vista may call the E: partition may be the C: partition in XP. When
picking the partition to install Vista on be very careful you don't pick the
XP partition. This is another reason I leave the space unallocated. It is
then obvious which partition to pick.

 

[RScotti]

Hi Kerry,
Thanks for both messages. I will leave it unallocated. I was just worried that Vista wouldn't know where to go since it
didn't have a drive letter.
The are incompatibilities with PM but as long as I do it either from the XP side OR boot with the CD I should be OK.

That will probably work. I don't have Partition Magic so I don't know for
sure. There have been some reports of incompatibilities with PM and Vista. I
find it is always best to let the installing OS create and format it's own
partition. There are often small differences between different OS versions
of NTFS or whatever file system the OS is using. One thing to be aware of
during the install. Vista often displays different drive letters from XP.
What Vista may call the E: partition may be the C: partition in XP. When
picking the partition to install Vista on be very careful you don't pick the
XP partition. This is another reason I leave the space unallocated. It is
then obvious which partition to pick.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible