Dual boot with 3rd drive(physical - not partition) installed

> "Newtechie" <newtechie@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23vX5qyYDHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> I'm dual booting with 2 separate drives. One with WinXP MCE and the other
>> with Vista RC2 v5744. I have a 3rd drive for storage use only which
>> shows up as drive letter J when I'm in the XP system. However, when I'm
>> in Vista, it shows up as driver letter H. How can I get it to show the
>> same letter when I'm in either system? The purpose of this storage drive
>> is for my backups and also for my Recorded TV folder. I went to select
>> the storage location in the Media Center (Vista) and was alarmed when I
>> saw that the drive was H and didn't know if that would make a difference
>> or will it not recognize an H drive as the location is set to J in MCE
>> system.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any feedback.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> newtechie
>>
>>

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> Use Disk Management within Windows Vista to manage your drives and their
> subsequent lettering. You will have to get your CD and DVD drives etc. out
> of the way by moving them to the end of the alphabet. Then you can change
> the lettering on the hard drives.
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> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>

> Hi Richard - thanks for your reply. The hard drives for the operating
> systems are fine. They are maintaining their lettering. It's just the
> 3rd drive that seems to be the problem. I haven't paid any attention to
> the lettering of the DVD drives but I think they show up the same also.
> I'll have to check when I get home. So are you saying I should changes
> the letters of the DVD drives, then change the 3rd drive to J?
>

> "Newtechie" <newtechie@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:ODTl2AZDHHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Hi Richard - thanks for your reply. The hard drives for the operating
>> systems are fine. They are maintaining their lettering. It's just the
>> 3rd drive that seems to be the problem. I haven't paid any attention to
>> the lettering of the DVD drives but I think they show up the same also.
>> I'll have to check when I get home. So are you saying I should changes
>> the letters of the DVD drives, then change the 3rd drive to J?
>>

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> Something is now occupying letter J. Change it to something else to free
> up the designation.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>