it was from xp pro 32 to vista 64 so it can not be launched. look like no
help if u mention of MS in bad way.well finally i did got both OS with
multiboot as another clean install on different drive. Still drive letter
change everytime i boot on different OS.

any solution from andy ? bcdedit/ vistapro boot
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"roman modic" wrote:

> Hello!
> "mikeyhsd" <mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com> wrote in message news:eOxZtkajGHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> if you install from within another OS instead of boot from dvd, it will use the correct drive letter.
>
> Is it possible to install Vista from Windows 98SE?
>
> Thanks, Roman
>

XP positive, other OS not sure.
XP for upgrade positive, other OS not sure.
upgrade is not a good idea, vista is not ready for prime time.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"roman modic" <modicr@astral-it.com> wrote in message news:OLiKLnfjGHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Hello!
"mikeyhsd" <mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com> wrote in message news:eOxZtkajGHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
if you install from within another OS instead of boot from dvd, it will use the correct drive letter.

Is it possible to install Vista from Windows 98SE?

Thanks, Roman

Microsoft is requesting folks give the upgrade from xp to vista a try.
"mikeyhsd" <mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com> wrote in message news:uOmLjvhjGHA.5020@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
XP positive, other OS not sure.
XP for upgrade positive, other OS not sure.
upgrade is not a good idea, vista is not ready for prime time.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"roman modic" <modicr@astral-it.com> wrote in message news:OLiKLnfjGHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Hello!
"mikeyhsd" <mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com> wrote in message news:eOxZtkajGHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
if you install from within another OS instead of boot from dvd, it will use the correct drive letter.

Is it possible to install Vista from Windows 98SE?

Thanks, Roman

Ah, I was wondering about that - I don't see the C: drive behavior that
folks are complaining about, and your explanation makes sense. (I'm not
saying that its *correct* behavior, just that it explains why I don't see
this problem in my install, and other folks do.)

-Bruce

"Beverly Brown" <bbucetrap@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:erkUU$ZjGHA.4884@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Yes, the drive letter assignment depends on how you install it. If you run
> setup from within XP it will use the drive letters that XP uses. If you
> install it by booting from DVD, it will always assign the Vista partition
> the drive letter C:. If you have 2 Vista partitions, they will both
> believe that they are drive C: when you are booted into them.
>
> Beverly
>
> "milleron" <millerDOT90@SPAMLESSosu.edu> wrote in message
> news:i52p82lae6r5jokmovrbvo4n0ghh7h4khg@4ax.com...

>> Hmmm . . . my installation did NOT work as yours did. I created an
>> NTFS partition and formatted it in XP where I assigned it a drive
>> letter of "V." I then launched Vista Setup from within XP and chose
>> "custom" install. I told it that I wanted it to install Vista on V:.
>> It did. Now my drive letters are exactly the same whether I'm in XP
>> or Vista. In both operating systems, XP is on "C:" and Vista is on
>> "V:" so it looks as though they have "fixed it" before release. For
>> anyone having this problem, I'd suggest assigning a drive letter to
>> the Vista drive before installing Vista and then launching the Vista
>> Setup from within the primary operating system.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:34:02 -0700, troma
>> <troma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>

>>>the point i was trying to get across was that if I select the D partition
>>>during setup windows should install to the Drive i select.
>>>
>>>"The drive letters are assigned from the point of view of the OS you have
>>> booted into."
>>>- uhhh, I was performing a CLEAN INSTALL, the operating system I
>>> booted into was the Vista installation CD, vista setup listed my XP
>>>partition as the C drive. I partitioned and formated and started the
>>>install
>>>on what vista setup detected as the D drive.
>>>
>>>But the Vista install is calling the second partition on my primary drive
>>>the C drive.
>>>When the primary partition is the "REAL" C drive.
>>>
>>>This is NOT Normal, this is new with VISTA.
>>>
>>>Dual booting with XP does not produce the same results. XP gets installed
>>>to
>>>the drive letter you select during a clean install.
>>>
>>>Not harmful, but it is confusing.
>>>
>>>"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>>>
>>>> The drive letters are assigned from the point of view of the OS you
>>>> have
>>>> booted into. The drive you see as C: from within XP may appear with a
>>>> different letter from within Vista. This is normal and not harmful.
>>>>
>>>> "troma" <troma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:EF119D05-FED6-42A9-AB94-C6797B990825@microsoft.com...
>>>> >I did a clean install of beta2.
>>>> >
>>>> > i have xpp installed on c: drive.
>>>> >
>>>> > vista on the second partition of my primary drive.
>>>> >
>>>> > during setup i partitioned and formatted the D: partition. expecting
>>>> > vista
>>>> > to be installed to the D drive.
>>>> >
>>>> > but after setup vista is on a c: partition. and it shows XPP on D:
>>>> > and i
>>>> > think you can't change the drive letters of a system or boot
>>>> > partition.
>>>> >
>>>> > if I boot into XP it is on the c: and it shows vista on E:
>>>> >
>>>> > hope this is will be resolved before RTM.
>>>> >
>>>> > no biggie, but it would be nice if I could keep the same drive
>>>> > letters for
>>>> > the same partitions\drives in different OS's.
>>>> >
>>>> > or even better if you had the option to select a drive letter for
>>>> > each
>>>> > drive
>>>> > including CD\ DVD devices during Windows setup
>>>> >
>>>> > i.e.
>>>> >
>>>> > HDD0 Partition0 = C:
>>>> > DVD = D:
>>>> > HDD0 Partition1 = V:
>>>> > DVD-RW = W:
>>>> > HDD1 Partition 0 = X:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I don't need to hear that this is by design, or to use 3rd party
>>>> > partitioning software...
>>>> >
>>>> > What is Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

>
>

I did a clean install that was launched from within XP and have not
observed this phenomenon.




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Win32 application" when running setup.exe

Laters,
Dick

"casual observer" <nospam@myplace.com> wrote in message
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>I did a clean install that was launched from within XP and have not
> observed this phenomenon.
>
>
>
>
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I did the same exact thing that milleron did and all drive letters remained
as I had assigned them when in XP before the install of Vista as well.
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HP a1230n
Athlon 64 Processor 3800+
1 Gig RAM
Radeon X700

> > Hmmm . . . my installation did NOT work as yours did. I created an
> > NTFS partition and formatted it in XP where I assigned it a drive
> > letter of "V." I then launched Vista Setup from within XP and chose
> > "custom" install. I told it that I wanted it to install Vista on V:.
> > It did. Now my drive letters are exactly the same whether I'm in XP
> > or Vista. In both operating systems, XP is on "C:" and Vista is on
> > "V:" so it looks as though they have "fixed it" before release. For
> > anyone having this problem, I'd suggest assigning a drive letter to
> > the Vista drive before installing Vista and then launching the Vista
> > Setup from within the primary operating system.
> >

Exactly. You ran setup.exe from XP so it retained the drive letters. The
problem/confusion only happens if you boot from DVD to do the install.

Beverly

"Ecat" <Ecat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5F400EF6-285F-4706-921B-0FC68DAEDAE1@microsoft.com...

>I did the same exact thing that milleron did and all drive letters remained
> as I had assigned them when in XP before the install of Vista as well.
> --
>
>
> (¯`·._.·Ecat·._.·´¯)
> HP a1230n
> Athlon 64 Processor 3800+
> 1 Gig RAM
> Radeon X700
>
>

>> > Hmmm . . . my installation did NOT work as yours did. I created an
>> > NTFS partition and formatted it in XP where I assigned it a drive
>> > letter of "V." I then launched Vista Setup from within XP and chose
>> > "custom" install. I told it that I wanted it to install Vista on V:.
>> > It did. Now my drive letters are exactly the same whether I'm in XP
>> > or Vista. In both operating systems, XP is on "C:" and Vista is on
>> > "V:" so it looks as though they have "fixed it" before release. For
>> > anyone having this problem, I'd suggest assigning a drive letter to
>> > the Vista drive before installing Vista and then launching the Vista
>> > Setup from within the primary operating system.
>> >

>

This may, I hope, be helpful and might even work in more than my case. I
purposely created a C:-drive that contained the page (swap) file from my
previous installations of XP before reinstalling any operating systems (I
deleted them all and left only my data partitions on my two hard drives);
this partition is my only FAT32 one. I then created each of three instances
of XP in the unpartitioned space at the beginning of the first drive (which
contained my data partition and the page partition at its end. XP, unlike
Vista, goes ahead and creates partitions for you in the unpartitioned space
and lets you designate the drive letters (if you choose the Advanced option).
My XP partitions stay at their designated drive letters in all three XP boots
(Drives K, L, and M).

I then created two partitions at the beginning of my second hard drive and
gave them the letters N and O; I did this in Disk Manager of XP. When I
installed my first instance of Vista, it installed into the first partition
and retained the drive letter I assigned. In all instances of XP and in Vista
the drive letters do not change. I think it is because I effectively "tied
up" the C: drive before installing anything. I have not installed my second
instance of Vista yet but I am somewhat confident that it will install as the
O-drive I designated.

I am using dial-up so I can't respond quickly to posts.

"troma" wrote:

> I did a clean install of beta2.
>
> i have xpp installed on c: drive.
>
> vista on the second partition of my primary drive.
>
> during setup i partitioned and formatted the D: partition. expecting vista
> to be installed to the D drive.
>
> but after setup vista is on a c: partition. and it shows XPP on D: and i
> think you can't change the drive letters of a system or boot partition.
>
> if I boot into XP it is on the c: and it shows vista on E:
>
> hope this is will be resolved before RTM.
>
> no biggie, but it would be nice if I could keep the same drive letters for
> the same partitions\drives in different OS's.
>
> or even better if you had the option to select a drive letter for each drive
> including CD\ DVD devices during Windows setup
>
> i.e.
>
> HDD0 Partition0 = C:
> DVD = D:
> HDD0 Partition1 = V:
> DVD-RW = W:
> HDD1 Partition 0 = X:
>
>
>
> I don't need to hear that this is by design, or to use 3rd party
> partitioning software...
>
> What is Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive?
>
>

I'm guessing that you installed Vista by running setup from XP. Correct?

That scenario will result in drive letters that do not change. If you
install Vista by booting fromt the DVD, it will use the drive letter C:
regardless of anything you may have done in XP to assign drive letters.

Beverly

"Edwin" <edwin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:83766FA0-CE3E-4539-AEA1-8B759A5671DC@microsoft.com...

> This may, I hope, be helpful and might even work in more than my case. I
> purposely created a C:-drive that contained the page (swap) file from my
> previous installations of XP before reinstalling any operating systems (I
> deleted them all and left only my data partitions on my two hard drives);
> this partition is my only FAT32 one. I then created each of three
> instances
> of XP in the unpartitioned space at the beginning of the first drive
> (which
> contained my data partition and the page partition at its end. XP, unlike
> Vista, goes ahead and creates partitions for you in the unpartitioned
> space
> and lets you designate the drive letters (if you choose the Advanced
> option).
> My XP partitions stay at their designated drive letters in all three XP
> boots
> (Drives K, L, and M).
>
> I then created two partitions at the beginning of my second hard drive and
> gave them the letters N and O; I did this in Disk Manager of XP. When I
> installed my first instance of Vista, it installed into the first
> partition
> and retained the drive letter I assigned. In all instances of XP and in
> Vista
> the drive letters do not change. I think it is because I effectively "tied
> up" the C: drive before installing anything. I have not installed my
> second
> instance of Vista yet but I am somewhat confident that it will install as
> the
> O-drive I designated.
>
> I am using dial-up so I can't respond quickly to posts.
>
> "troma" wrote:
>

>> I did a clean install of beta2.
>>
>> i have xpp installed on c: drive.
>>
>> vista on the second partition of my primary drive.
>>
>> during setup i partitioned and formatted the D: partition. expecting
>> vista
>> to be installed to the D drive.
>>
>> but after setup vista is on a c: partition. and it shows XPP on D: and i
>> think you can't change the drive letters of a system or boot partition.
>>
>> if I boot into XP it is on the c: and it shows vista on E:
>>
>> hope this is will be resolved before RTM.
>>
>> no biggie, but it would be nice if I could keep the same drive letters
>> for
>> the same partitions\drives in different OS's.
>>
>> or even better if you had the option to select a drive letter for each
>> drive
>> including CD\ DVD devices during Windows setup
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> HDD0 Partition0 = C:
>> DVD = D:
>> HDD0 Partition1 = V:
>> DVD-RW = W:
>> HDD1 Partition 0 = X:
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't need to hear that this is by design, or to use 3rd party
>> partitioning software...
>>
>> What is Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive?
>>
>>