Microsoft's obsession with the C: drive

>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:
>

Yes, it is somewhat annoying, as you can't share apps on C: between the OS's.
I expect MS have done that on purpose. I now have two copies of every app,
both on C: depending on which OS you're in at the time! Massive waste of disk
space!

The Performance Rating is based on C: only as well. Great if you don't use
partitions!

> Yes, it is somewhat annoying, as you can't share apps on C: between the

> OS's.
> I expect MS have done that on purpose. I now have two copies of every
> app,
> both on C: depending on which OS you're in at the time! Massive waste of
> disk
> space!

So what about installing your applications on a 3rd drive or partition?

I remember doing this when testing XP ... I installed a dual-boot setup
(2000 and XP), let's say using C and D. Then I installed all my apps into E.
This saved having multiple copies of all the apps installed.

Steve

if you install by booting from DVD, VISTA steals the "C" drive letter.
if you install from another running os, then VISTA recognizes the drive letters and assigns it correctly.

might file a bug/suggestion report with microsoft of your displeasure with this situation.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"troma" <troma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EAD7635C-7EBB-41ED-BD48-E46C646E89F6@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?