Changing Drive Letter

[deejaydee]

Hi Readers, Boys & Girls.
I am running a multi-boot system re:
xp pro, w2000, w7.
this morning i tried change the drive letter , and partly failed.

My current drive setup is as follows: A as we all know is floppy
C is my Xp
OS
D is CD-RW
E is DVD-RW
F is W2K
G is New vol
W is W7

From the Xp Platform I changed F drive to D: first moving out CD-RW to H
leaving D available
at first it showed as if I had achieved this , also checked with Acronis
Partition Expert showed as if I
had also achieved. But on reboot to W2K things stood as they were. also
tried this from Safe Mode
in W2K. note from above C is stand alone drive , also F stand alone. G is
partitioned with W. 500GB

TIA deejaydee

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi Readers, Boys & Girls.
I am running a multi-boot system re:
xp pro, w2000, w7.
this morning i tried change the drive letter , and partly failed.

My current drive setup is as follows: A as we all know is floppy
C is my Xp
OS
D is CD-RW
E is DVD-RW
F is W2K
G is New vol
W is W7

From the Xp Platform I changed F drive to D: first moving out CD-RW to H
leaving D available
at first it showed as if I had achieved this , also checked with Acronis
Partition Expert showed as if I
had also achieved. But on reboot to W2K things stood as they were.

Well, of course. I don't understand how you'd expect the way WinXP
assigns/displays the drive letters of *non-system* drives/partitions to
have any possible affect upon the way the completely separate Win2K
installation would see its own *system* partition. The registries of
the two operating systems do not interact in any way.

If you want to change the drive letter of the Win2K installation, as
seen from within Win2K, you'll have to reinstall Win2K.



--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

 

[deejaydee]

Well, of course. I don't understand how you'd expect the way WinXP
assigns/displays the drive letters of *non-system* drives/partitions to
have any possible affect upon the way the completely separate Win2K
installation would see its own *system* partition. The registries of the
two operating systems do not interact in any way.

If you want to change the drive letter of the Win2K installation, as seen
from within Win2K, you'll have to reinstall Win2K.



--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

Thank you Mr Chambers'
for those few kind words. I had enough problems when I installed it
searching for drivers etc. and after I had to repair the XP system so I'll
stick with what I have. so I am enlightened, thank you again