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. 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.