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Tiny Tim
My laptop drive is partitioned as follows....
C: = Windows XP MCE 2005
D: = Data
E: = Vista Ultimate
Vista is my preferred OS but I still have to boot to XP, in order to print,
because HP refuse to develop drivers for my fairly expensive (£280 when I
bought it) Bluetooth printer. I don't print very often so I have no
intention of buying a new printer. I like wireless printing in any case.
The thing is that now Vista is installed on the slowest sectors of the drive
while XP is on the fastest so I'd like to swap around the physical locations
of the two OS partitions.
I'm familiar with Norton Ghost and I'm quite happy making partition images
on the D: partition but I do not know what impact it will have on booting
the machine if I physically move the partitions about. I'm quite happy to
keep XP partition labeled as C: and Vista as E: if that makes things easier
but I'd be just as happy to relabel them (although I suspect that would
wreck the registry and any other areas where path data is stored).
I really don't have a clue when it comes to MBRs and boot sectors etc. so I
don't want to try pot luck at moving stuff about. Can anyone advise me
wether the move can be done and if so, what I need to do?
Thanks,
Tim.
C: = Windows XP MCE 2005
D: = Data
E: = Vista Ultimate
Vista is my preferred OS but I still have to boot to XP, in order to print,
because HP refuse to develop drivers for my fairly expensive (£280 when I
bought it) Bluetooth printer. I don't print very often so I have no
intention of buying a new printer. I like wireless printing in any case.
The thing is that now Vista is installed on the slowest sectors of the drive
while XP is on the fastest so I'd like to swap around the physical locations
of the two OS partitions.
I'm familiar with Norton Ghost and I'm quite happy making partition images
on the D: partition but I do not know what impact it will have on booting
the machine if I physically move the partitions about. I'm quite happy to
keep XP partition labeled as C: and Vista as E: if that makes things easier
but I'd be just as happy to relabel them (although I suspect that would
wreck the registry and any other areas where path data is stored).
I really don't have a clue when it comes to MBRs and boot sectors etc. so I
don't want to try pot luck at moving stuff about. Can anyone advise me
wether the move can be done and if so, what I need to do?
Thanks,
Tim.