XP drive letter question

Disable HD1 (through the BIOS or just pull the cables) before installing
Vista64.
After checking that the install worked and Vista64 boots, re-enable HD1.
That should do it.

Personally, I have a similar setup, but leave my HD2 (with XP) disabled
altogether while running Vista. Just want to be ABSOLUTELY sure it doesn't
mess with my XP install.


"Howard" <howdy0909@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install on
>HD1
> HD1 is C drive
> HD2 is D drive
>
> I want to install windows xp 64bit so that
> HD2 is C drive
> HD1 is D drive
> to the 64bit windows xp
>
> Is this possible? (like the default behavior in Vista)
>
> Howard
>

From what I've experienced with 32-bit, if you boot from the DVD for the
install you will get what you want by default as long as you choose to
install vista on the second drive; it always "steals" the letter C unless
you run setup from within another operating system.

-Mike

"jwardl" <jwardl@spamthis.com> wrote in message
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> Disable HD1 (through the BIOS or just pull the cables) before installing
> Vista64.
> After checking that the install worked and Vista64 boots, re-enable HD1.
> That should do it.
>
> Personally, I have a similar setup, but leave my HD2 (with XP) disabled
> altogether while running Vista. Just want to be ABSOLUTELY sure it doesn't
> mess with my XP install.
>
>
> "Howard" <howdy0909@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:O3f7ApT2GHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install on
>>HD1
>> HD1 is C drive
>> HD2 is D drive
>>
>> I want to install windows xp 64bit so that
>> HD2 is C drive
>> HD1 is D drive
>> to the 64bit windows xp
>>
>> Is this possible? (like the default behavior in Vista)
>>
>> Howard
>>

>

"Howard" <howdy0909@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install on
>HD1
> HD1 is C drive
> HD2 is D drive
>
> I want to install windows xp 64bit so that
> HD2 is C drive
> HD1 is D drive
> to the 64bit windows xp
>
> Is this possible? (like the default behavior in Vista)
>
> Howard

You would do well to understand how drives are enumerated in the BINARY
world.
In the binary world, counting starts at 0 (zero).
To Windows and to a computer system BIOS, the first physical drive is Disk 0
(zero).
The second physical drive is Disk 1 (one).
If you alter BIOS boot settings or boot.ini configuration based upon the
enumeration you used, you will not obtain the results you are expecting.

It's as Mike says always, and if you have to boot from a restart the Bios
will change the drive letters although they could be regedited back. When
you're on the XP boot, though, you will see them as before.

Some systems, since build 5472 have given a false new IDE controller message
required to run Vista setup, and that you restart to run Vista setup and
won't setup Vista from XP. My advice is to try to setup from XP desktop
first, and if it won't, then restart and it should.

CH


"**__Mike__**" <**__Mike__**@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> From what I've experienced with 32-bit, if you boot from the DVD for the
> install you will get what you want by default as long as you choose to
> install vista on the second drive; it always "steals" the letter C unless
> you run setup from within another operating system.
>
> -Mike
>
> "jwardl" <jwardl@spamthis.com> wrote in message
> news:CB3EF602-77C9-4509-B07D-0879F2F1B2DD@microsoft.com...

>> Disable HD1 (through the BIOS or just pull the cables) before installing
>> Vista64.
>> After checking that the install worked and Vista64 boots, re-enable HD1.
>> That should do it.
>>
>> Personally, I have a similar setup, but leave my HD2 (with XP) disabled
>> altogether while running Vista. Just want to be ABSOLUTELY sure it
>> doesn't mess with my XP install.
>>
>>
>> "Howard" <howdy0909@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:O3f7ApT2GHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install
>>>on HD1
>>> HD1 is C drive
>>> HD2 is D drive
>>>
>>> I want to install windows xp 64bit so that
>>> HD2 is C drive
>>> HD1 is D drive
>>> to the 64bit windows xp
>>>
>>> Is this possible? (like the default behavior in Vista)
>>>
>>> Howard
>>>

>>

>

If you are installing Windows XP 64-bit you are in the wrong group. You
need microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
What you need to do is different between Vista and XP 64-bit

To have XP-64 enumerate as C it must be on the first active primary
partition on the first drive in boot priority the FIRST time you BOOT into
the newly installed system.

"Howard" <howdy0909@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install on
>HD1
> HD1 is C drive
> HD2 is D drive
>
> I want to install windows xp 64bit so that
> HD2 is C drive
> HD1 is D drive
> to the 64bit windows xp
>
> Is this possible? (like the default behavior in Vista)
>
> Howard
>

I should add you have to have the second drive installed and also a primary
partition to have it enumerate as D, otherwise D will be your CD drive.

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> If you are installing Windows XP 64-bit you are in the wrong group. You
> need microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> What you need to do is different between Vista and XP 64-bit
>
> To have XP-64 enumerate as C it must be on the first active primary
> partition on the first drive in boot priority the FIRST time you BOOT into
> the newly installed system.
>
> "Howard" <howdy0909@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:O3f7ApT2GHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install on
>>HD1
>> HD1 is C drive
>> HD2 is D drive
>>
>> I want to install windows xp 64bit so that
>> HD2 is C drive
>> HD1 is D drive
>> to the 64bit windows xp
>>
>> Is this possible? (like the default behavior in Vista)
>>
>> Howard
>>

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