vista partion is not assigned drive letter c

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NicoWallmeier

Member
Hello,

after moving the vista partition on my hdd, vista is booting, but the partition of vista is not assigned drive letter c - instead l is assigned. What can I do? The problem of this is that it is not possible to load the profile of a user and many other things are not working correctly.

Situation under Vista:
C: no drive is assigned
D: Windows XP
K: Windows Vista

Windows Vista Setup:
C: Windows XP
D: Windows Vista


Thanks in advance!
Nico
 
Mak 2.0

Mak 2.0

Mod...WAFFLES!?!?
Staff member
Hello,

By moving the partition tables around you corrupted the bootloader. You will need to fix that as well.

Cheers,
Mak
 
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NicoWallmeier

Member
Thanks a lot! The problem is fixed. The mentioned MS registry zap was the solution for my problem. I had alread fixed the bootloader before.

Thanks again!
Nico
 
Terry60

Terry60

Telephone Sanitizer (2nd Class)
Staff member
Happy to have helped, even just by pointing you to the right place.
If you have any dual-boot problems in future, visit again.
(e.g. If XP is destroying your Vista system restore points, you might want to look at the sticky thread for HnS)
 
Terry60

Terry60

Telephone Sanitizer (2nd Class)
Staff member
It's always a potential problem when anyone clones a working OS to a new partition without planning ahead.
When I cloned my XP from the newer bigger HDD to the older smaller on my old system, in order to release the bigger disk as a backup medium for this new PC, I anticipated the potential problems of XP seeing a different disk layout (1 HDD, not 2) by creating a spare partition between the first 2 so that my (CEF) (DGH) partition layout (CEF was XP, DGH was ME) became (CDEF) and I used the 2Gb D as an exclusive page file for XP. When I booted it, everything worked straight away with the exception of missing restore points.
Of course, if you just take a working OS and clone it into the middle of an unfamiliar layout, results are going to be predictably unpredictable.
 
mqudsi

mqudsi

Mostly Harmless
Staff member
Yeah, I can see how lack of proper planning could screw you over somewhat... thanks for the explanations :smile:
 
JustinW

JustinW

Super Moderator
Staff member
I think Acronis TI tells you what the labels were for the partition images when you restore, but most here who clone would use a free alternitive without those capabilities I suppose.
 
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