Hello there,
I'm in a tricky situation. I have 1 hard disk, divided into 6 partitions. I'd like to dual boot Vista and XP. The partitions look like this:
C: Vista
D: [I want to set up XP here.]
E:
F:
G:
H:
From E: to H: the partitions are logical and contain personal data. Vista is already on the first partition, and I'd like to put XP on the second one (D
. Now the problem is, when the ugly blue XP install arrives to choosing from the partitions, I see this:
C: Vista
I: [The second partition which should be D:.]
D:
E:
F:
G:
The D:-G: range is the same as the E:-H: in the correct drive letter line-up. It's not temporary, only for the time of the install. XP installs on I: and I: stays in use as a system partition.
I have even tried to set the original D: active. Then I saw this in the XP setup:
I: Vista
C: [The second partition which should be D:.]
D:
E:
F:
G:
As you can see, I: and C: are changed, but nothing else happened. So I'd like to know if there's a workaround with this problem. I just want to see exactly that drive letter order during XP installation which I see in Vista or in any partitioning application. I know a problem like this might be caused by a connected zip drive or something else. I'm using a laptop which contains a card reader (it's empty of course) and there's a flash drive with an NVCACHE partition belonging to Intel, but XP setup sees it as a different HDD so it can't cause the problem, can it?
I'm waiting for any advices, thanks in advance.
I'm in a tricky situation. I have 1 hard disk, divided into 6 partitions. I'd like to dual boot Vista and XP. The partitions look like this:
C: Vista
D: [I want to set up XP here.]
E:
F:
G:
H:
From E: to H: the partitions are logical and contain personal data. Vista is already on the first partition, and I'd like to put XP on the second one (D
C: Vista
I: [The second partition which should be D:.]
D:
E:
F:
G:
The D:-G: range is the same as the E:-H: in the correct drive letter line-up. It's not temporary, only for the time of the install. XP installs on I: and I: stays in use as a system partition.
I have even tried to set the original D: active. Then I saw this in the XP setup:
I: Vista
C: [The second partition which should be D:.]
D:
E:
F:
G:
As you can see, I: and C: are changed, but nothing else happened. So I'd like to know if there's a workaround with this problem. I just want to see exactly that drive letter order during XP installation which I see in Vista or in any partitioning application. I know a problem like this might be caused by a connected zip drive or something else. I'm using a laptop which contains a card reader (it's empty of course) and there's a flash drive with an NVCACHE partition belonging to Intel, but XP setup sees it as a different HDD so it can't cause the problem, can it?
I'm waiting for any advices, thanks in advance.