vista installs only on C: ?

[Wayne]

Some time ago, I installed the last Vista beta on what I called E:,
which was the middle of five partitions on my disk. It set itself up
there as C:, and renamed all the other partitions, C: went to D:, etc.

Was that just the beta? Or my mistake somehow?
Specifically, does the production version still do this?
Can it now be installed on E:, to be named as E: ?

 

[Saucy]

Some time ago, I installed the last Vista beta on what I called E:,
which was the middle of five partitions on my disk. It set itself up
there as C:, and renamed all the other partitions, C: went to D:, etc.

Was that just the beta? Or my mistake somehow?
Specifically, does the production version still do this?
Can it now be installed on E:, to be named as E: ?

If I remember correctly, that's exactly what Vista does. It assigns C:\ to
the partition it is installed on. You can use Disk Management to assign
different letters to the 'other' partitions if you want.

Saucy

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Some time ago, I installed the last Vista beta on what I called E:,
which was the middle of five partitions on my disk. It set itself up
there as C:, and renamed all the other partitions, C: went to D:, etc.

Was that just the beta? Or my mistake somehow?
Specifically, does the production version still do this?
Can it now be installed on E:, to be named as E: ?

Hello,

If you want Vista to remember your drive letters, you will need to start
setup from within the Windows installation that has the drive letter
order you want.

 

[Chad Harris]

Hi Wayne--

As JB says, if you start Vista from a restart, ***then the BIOS dictates the
drive letters and they will be renamed so that the Vista drive is C:\ when
you're booted to Vista, but if you had a dual or multiboot and you booted to
XP, then Vista would be viewed *from the XP drive on C:\ as E:\ or wherever
you parked it.

If you run the Vista setup while on the XP desktop, the BIOS will not rename
the drive letters and they will stay the same with the Vista drive letter
remaining the drive letter of the drive you park it on.

While on Vista on the dual boot, Vista would become C:\ and the XP drive
that had been C:\ would be D:\ when viewed from Vista.

It has nothing to do with Beta builds vs. RTM.

Also it's very easy to shortcut from a Vista desktop to the XP desktop on a
dual boot.

If you had a dual boot and were on the Vista desktop, then you could reach
XP by typing in XP Drive letter:\Documents and Settings\Wayne's XP
Profile\Desktop.

If you were on the XP desktop and wanted to reach Vista it would be Vista
Drive Letter:\Users\Wayne's Vista Profile\Desktop.

This could be extrapolated to any other file or folder on each OS, but you
can't reach OE in XP from a Vista Desktop--you have to copy the
folders/emails from OE while on the XP desktop because OE and Winmail use
different file formats. You can easily merge all the Outlook profiles
though.


Good luck,

CH

 

[...winston]

Chad,
What do you specifically do on the XP desktop when you are in Vista beyond viewing the desktop contents.
...winston

"Chad Harris" <vistaneedsmuchowork.net> wrote in message : Also it's very easy to shortcut from a Vista desktop to the XP desktop on a
: dual boot.
:
: If you had a dual boot and were on the Vista desktop, then you could reach
: XP by typing in XP Drive letter:\Documents and Settings\Wayne's XP
: Profile\Desktop.
:
: If you were on the XP desktop and wanted to reach Vista it would be Vista
: Drive Letter:\Users\Wayne's Vista Profile\Desktop.
:

 

[Wayne]

If you want Vista to remember your drive letters, you will need to start
setup from within the Windows installation that has the drive letter
order you want.

Thanks much, that works well.