Dual Boot/drive letter question

[Peter]

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 CRO1 DRO2 E:Spare F:Backup change when in setup 2 to:
CRO1 FRO2 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.

 

[jimbo]

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 CRO1 DRO2 E:Spare F:Backup change when in setup 2 to:
CRO1 FRO2 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]

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

 

[Peter]

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.

 

[jimbo]

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]

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

 

[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).

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

 

[Peter]

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.