Hard Disk problem and happen repeatedly

D Drive suppose to be C drive
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I have 2 os installed on my Pc
windows Xp on c: drive
windows vista on d: drive
and when i choose windows vista to start
after i had entered i found its driver comes to c: drive although i installed it to d: drive not c: drive
the same is happening with windows xp and windows 7
What is the problem ?!!
Answer #1
when you multiboot a computer the boot files are always set to the first drive in the bios. However, windows will see the drive where the windows files are located as Drive C. Doesn’t matter what you do it seems to require the first drive for Windows to be c.
You want it to be this way as having the windows system files on a drive other than c can cause pathing problems. so many programs assume windows to be on drive c (and frequently in the windows directory) and will get totally screwed up if you don’t have them there.
Answer #2
there is no drive “C” during install
windows (or any OS) gives the drives there designation
Answer #3
put the situation before was normal
winxp on drive c:
winvista on drive d:
and it seams like that and when start winvista I found it on d:
and when i start winxp Ifound it on drive c:
what makes things screw up
Answer #4
it seams like that and when start winvista I found it on d:
think that’s normal
if it’s that important to have both on “C”
try installing XP 1st to the 2nd partition with the 1st partition set to active
then install vista (not 7?) to the 1st partition
Answer #5
I found with dual booting it was quite normal for each operating system to call it’s installed drive C: even though they are 2 different drives for XP and 7..
Give each drive a name though . This will remain the same over both systems, so you won’t be confused …
Answer #6
The OS that you boot from is always going to take the C letter…That’s the way it works..
If you boot with Vista..The partition/Drive that have Vista installed in it will be allocated the letter C..Same with XP..
Answer #7
In case you didn’t know….
The Letters… are only there for your designation, so YOU know whats what.. and so the system has a path it can follow…
But you can easily right click on “My Computer” or “Computer” in 7, and click manage, and then go down to disk management, and select your drive, and change the drive letter…..
You could have drive Z and Q, or P and A, it really doesn’t matter what the letter is…
Answer #8
Thanks for all i do apprechiate your interest
but i think the more correct reply is -lionden answer-:
“The OS that you boot from is always going to take the C letter…That’s the way it works..
If you boot with Vista..The partition/Drive that have Vista installed in it will be allocated the letter C..Same with XP..”
so i tried to setup win7 from daemon tool not from the Cd and every thing get normal back.
thanks again for all
Answer #9
you can used startup and recovery to change it (they are in systems properties [Advanced tab])
Answer #10
Fishy8Ø replied: In case you didn't know....
The Letters... are only there for your designation, so YOU know whats what.. and so the system has a path it can follow...
But you can easily right click on "My Computer" or "Computer" in 7, and click manage, and then go down to disk management, and select your drive, and change the drive letter.....
You could have drive Z and Q, or P and A, it really doesn't matter what the letter is...
Yeah, but if you do that your pathing is all screwed up. programs may be looking for files on drive C but now you’ve effectively moved them to Drive D so they will not find them unless you want to reinstall stuff or edit the registry etc.
Answer #11
DualBootPRO (the release by FOSI) should be able to solve your problem.
Answer #12
regardless what your install drive. With ANY windows OS your root drive will always come up as C: it’s simply the way windows works and always has.
Answer #13
thanks for your interest all
Answer #14
regardless what your install drive. With ANY windows OS your root drive will always come up as C:
incorrect, as nile2020 already knows
that’s the way it should work, but not always
Answer #15
aairon replied: regardless what your install drive. With ANY windows OS your root drive will always come up as C: it's simply the way windows works and always has.
not always
eg. this desktop I am using, if I do a fresh install, I need to disconnect my internal card reader otherwise my OS ends up as G:\
@Fishy8Ø you cannot change the OS drive designation using diskmgmt.msc
@OP – use DualBootPRO as suggested by LedAstray