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    Old 02-05-2007, 06:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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    Vista Dual Boot problem

    I''ve got a dual boot XP / Vista setup. Both on the same drive, 2 logical partitions.

    I added a new drive to my system and also removed a couple of drives to use in another machine.

    For some reason this caused the Vista drive letter to change from C: to E:
    It now doesnt work properly. Still boots OK but cant logon etc.

    Disks are shown as

    C: XP and D: VISTA in XP
    C: XP and E: VISTA in Vista

    Any ideas how I can get it to be C: again ?

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    Windows Boot Manager
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    identifier              {bootmgr}
    device                  partition=C:
    description             Windows Boot Manager
    locale                  en-US
    inherit                 {globalsettings}
    default                 {ntldr}
    displayorder            {ntldr}
                            {current}
    toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
    timeout                 10
    
    Windows Legacy OS Loader
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    identifier              {ntldr}
    device                  partition=C:
    path                    \ntldr
    description             Microsoft Windows XP
    
    Windows Boot Loader
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    identifier              {current}
    device                  partition=E:
    path                    \Windows\System32\winload.exe
    description             Windows Vista
    osdevice                partition=E:
    systemroot              \WINDOWS
    resumeobject            {7d46ce7d-f832-11db-86bb-806e6f6e6963}
    

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    Have you tried cotrol panel> administrative tools>computer management>Disk Management & try & re-assign the drive letters. You'll have to do it in both o/s's.

    Not saying it will work, but worth a stab. I have 32bit XP Pro & 64bit Vista Ultimate dual booting ok. Both as c drive.

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    Afraid not, you can't change boot drives in there.
    Think I'll have to reinstall. Stupid effing OS. Glad its only my 2nd OS still.

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    I'm sure before service pack 1 came out for XP you could change the driver letter of the boot drive. I always had the problem that when i reinstalled windows it would change my drive letters round which I found really annoying. To get round it I disconnect my extra drives when I do a reinstall. Bit of a pain really.
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