How do i mount a drive to bootable(C:\) drive?

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*How do i mount a drive to bootable(C:\) drive?
-i bought my PEHD(Personal External Hard Drive) about a month ago. It's
USB-powered and no problem storing my data for backup. Anyway, i just felt
something really afraid about someone accessing my data. i tested with my old
computer's hard drive and as long as the both drives are C:\ and has OS with
it, there was no way to access the other drive except to boot the drive.

This means if i install Windows XP, unless some nerd finds my PEHD in the
back of the computer and format it, my data will be safe and "hidden". i have
tried to format and assign the letter of my PEHD to C:\, but it didn't work
that way. Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much for reading.
 
Tsuniper-X said:
*How do i mount a drive to bootable(C:\) drive?
-i bought my PEHD(Personal External Hard Drive) about a month ago. It's
USB-powered and no problem storing my data for backup. Anyway, i just felt
something really afraid about someone accessing my data. i tested with my old
computer's hard drive and as long as the both drives are C:\ and has OS with
it, there was no way to access the other drive except to boot the drive.

This means if i install Windows XP, unless some nerd finds my PEHD in the
back of the computer and format it, my data will be safe and "hidden". i have
tried to format and assign the letter of my PEHD to C:\, but it didn't work
that way. Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much for reading.
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No Microsoft Windows OS is designed to boot from and external device.


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Tsuniper-X said:
*How do i mount a drive to bootable(C:\) drive?
-i bought my PEHD(Personal External Hard Drive) about a month ago. It's
USB-powered and no problem storing my data for backup. Anyway, i just felt
something really afraid about someone accessing my data. i tested with my old
computer's hard drive and as long as the both drives are C:\ and has OS with
it, there was no way to access the other drive except to boot the drive.

This means if i install Windows XP, unless some nerd finds my PEHD in the
back of the computer and format it, my data will be safe and "hidden". i have
tried to format and assign the letter of my PEHD to C:\, but it didn't work
that way. Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much for reading.
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As Bruce says, you cannot boot Windows from an external device, if
that's what you are trying to do. But, I find your intentions somewhat
unclear.

A drive is a drive - it is not C:\ or D:\, or anything, until it is
attached to an OS, at which time a drive letter is assigned. And you
cannot have two drives with the same letter at the same time on the
same OS.
 
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