Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an extended.

May 8, 2008

....partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive and has 2

partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left over from a

Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the drivers for 64

Bit Professional.

The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is labelled C:

which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling somewhat

disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be labelled

C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

....the next bit is supposed to be a joke and has nothing to do with my

question...

...I would like to add...lol...how pleased I am this evening that the

internet connection rates I am experiencing are keeping me up all the hours

of today and alot of the hours tomorrow downloading and simply enjoying very

fast internet. This phenomenon is due I think to the fact that I put the

burgular alarm filter in the telephone socket on the wall where the burgular

alarm plugs in and put the filter intended for the SkyTV digital television

decoder and its telephony functions into the telephone wall socket that has

the broadband router we use. The download rate is now a wonderful 1200Kbps

which is about 2 and 3 times faster than the rates we were experiencing 'til

this wonderful day.

--

....scribble...scribble...scribble...

May 8, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an extended.

Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

umwhat wrote:

> ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

> it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive and has 2

> partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left over from a

> Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the drivers for 64

> Bit Professional.

> The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is labelled C:

> which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling somewhat

> disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be labelled

> C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

>

> ...the next bit is supposed to be a joke and has nothing to do with my

> question...

>

> ...I would like to add...lol...how pleased I am this evening that the

> internet connection rates I am experiencing are keeping me up all the hours

> of today and alot of the hours tomorrow downloading and simply enjoying very

> fast internet. This phenomenon is due I think to the fact that I put the

> burgular alarm filter in the telephone socket on the wall where the burgular

> alarm plugs in and put the filter intended for the SkyTV digital television

> decoder and its telephony functions into the telephone wall socket that has

> the broadband router we use. The download rate is now a wonderful 1200Kbps

> which is about 2 and 3 times faster than the rates we were experiencing 'til

> this wonderful day.

>

May 8, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I would think it

would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and why did the

installation make an extended partition and not a primary partition.

From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could make D:

drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the C: drive.

--

....scribble...scribble...scribble...

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

>

> umwhat wrote:

> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive and has 2

> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left over from a

> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the drivers for 64

> > Bit Professional.

> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is labelled C:

> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling somewhat

> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be labelled

> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

> >

> > ...the next bit is supposed to be a joke and has nothing to do with my

> > question...

> >

> > ...I would like to add...lol...how pleased I am this evening that the

> > internet connection rates I am experiencing are keeping me up all the hours

> > of today and alot of the hours tomorrow downloading and simply enjoying very

> > fast internet. This phenomenon is due I think to the fact that I put the

> > burgular alarm filter in the telephone socket on the wall where the burgular

> > alarm plugs in and put the filter intended for the SkyTV digital television

> > decoder and its telephony functions into the telephone wall socket that has

> > the broadband router we use. The download rate is now a wonderful 1200Kbps

> > which is about 2 and 3 times faster than the rates we were experiencing 'til

> > this wonderful day.

> >

>

May 8, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Hi, umwhat.

WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary partition or on

a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care if they are

installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where YOU tell them,

even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay attention to the

dialog boxes.

Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change the drive

letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of starting over

and installing again.

You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

Definitions for system volume and boot volume

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters, but not the

System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

> I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I would think it

> would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and why did the

> installation make an extended partition and not a primary partition.

> From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could make D:

> drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the C: drive.

>

> --

> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

>

> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

>

>> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

>>

>> umwhat wrote:

>> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

>> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive and

>> > has 2

>> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left over

>> > from a

>> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the drivers for

>> > 64

>> > Bit Professional.

>> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is labelled

>> > C:

>> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling somewhat

>> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be

>> > labelled

>> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

<SNIP>

May 9, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Hello,

Correct.

If you boot to the CD to do CD\DVD to do an installation with Windows XP or

Windows Server 2003 ( Either 32-bit or 64-bit)

The local hard drive volumes are enumerated and assigned drive letters.

The first active primary partition it finds it given drive letter C.

If a volume exists it gets a drive letter, if you create a new volume it

gets the next available drive letter.

Setup does not reallocate hard drive letters, so if you delete a volume,

that drive letter is reserved in that setup session.

Even if you create a new volume, that new volume gets the next free drive

letter. The existing drive letters are available after setup completes or

if you reboot to the CD\DVD

Drive Letter C,

Windows doesn't care like R.C states.

The majority of customers do not care.

However a very small number of people care and care in different ways.

Some want the drive to always be C:, some do not want it to be C:

If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary active

partition on the drive when you run setup.

Changing it after the OS is installed would cause any number or problems

with the OS.

There are references to the installed drive letter throughout the system.

Each of those would have to be changed for the system to work properly.

The default for setup is to create a primary partition as the first

partition and create an Extended partition if a primary already exists on

the system.

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

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| >

| >Hi, umwhat.

| >

| >WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary partition

or on

| >a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care if they

are

| >installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where YOU tell

them,

| >even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay attention to the

| >dialog boxes.

| >

| >Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change the drive

| >letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of starting

over

| >and installing again.

| >

| >You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

| >Definitions for system volume and boot volume

| >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

| >

| >You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

| >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

| >

| >Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters, but not the

| >System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

| >

| >RC

| >--

| >R. C. White, CPA

| >San Marcos, TX

| >rc@grandecom.net

| >Microsoft Windows MVP

| >(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

| >

| >"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

| >news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

| >> I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I would

think it

| >> would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and why did

the

| >> installation make an extended partition and not a primary partition.

| >> From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could make

D:

| >> drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the C:

drive.

| >>

| >> --

| >> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

| >>

| >> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

| >>

| >>> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

| >>>

| >>> umwhat wrote:

| >>> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

| >>> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive

and

| >>> > has 2

| >>> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left

over

| >>> > from a

| >>> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the drivers

for

| >>> > 64

| >>> > Bit Professional.

| >>> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is

labelled

| >>> > C:

| >>> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling somewhat

| >>> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be

| >>> > labelled

| >>> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

| ><SNIP>

| >

May 9, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Hi, Darrell.

Thanks for jumping in! ;<)

I'd like to remind the OP that you said, "If you boot to the... CD\DVD to do

an installation..." The results are different if you run Vista Setup from

within WinXP. (My mindset is Vista and I kind of forgot that the OP said

WinXP x64.)

Later, you said:

> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary active

> partition on the drive when you run setup.

Often there are more than one hard drive, and sometimes they are a mix of

IDE (PATA)/SATA/SCSI/USB... In this situation, the BIOS and the operating

system can disagree as to which is "the drive when you run setup." :>(

Since I have only one computer and Vista has been very stable, I've not had

to reinstall Vista since I rebuilt my system over a year ago. But I recall

the many reinstalls during the long beta period. I still have several

multi-boots installed, but seldom boot into anything but Vista Ultimate x64,

which is in Drive C:, the first logical drive in the extended partition on

my second HD. Each of my 3 HDs has a System Partition, but I seldom use any

other than Drive D:, which is the first (only) primary active partition on

that second HD. My WinXP refused to boot at about the time Vista went RTM

and all my sporadic attempts to revive it with a repair install have failed,

so I haven't run WinXP in a year and a half. When WinXP w/SP3 arrives Real

Soon Now, I may try the repair install again. I do boot into a separate

WinXP x64 occasionally, just to be sure I still can.

Note that it is NOT necessary for WinXP and Vista to agree on which volume

is Drive C:, or any other letter. Each operating system keeps its own

letter assignments. But I've made sure that they agree that my WinXP is in

Drive F:, the first logical drive in the extended partition on my first HD.

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:Ts56JSXsIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

> Hello,

> Correct.

> If you boot to the CD to do CD\DVD to do an installation with Windows XP

> or

> Windows Server 2003 ( Either 32-bit or 64-bit)

> The local hard drive volumes are enumerated and assigned drive letters.

> The first active primary partition it finds it given drive letter C.

> If a volume exists it gets a drive letter, if you create a new volume it

> gets the next available drive letter.

> Setup does not reallocate hard drive letters, so if you delete a volume,

> that drive letter is reserved in that setup session.

> Even if you create a new volume, that new volume gets the next free drive

> letter. The existing drive letters are available after setup completes or

> if you reboot to the CD\DVD

>

> Drive Letter C,

> Windows doesn't care like R.C states.

> The majority of customers do not care.

> However a very small number of people care and care in different ways.

> Some want the drive to always be C:, some do not want it to be C:

> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary active

> partition on the drive when you run setup.

>

> Changing it after the OS is installed would cause any number or problems

> with the OS.

> There are references to the installed drive letter throughout the system.

> Each of those would have to be changed for the system to work properly.

>

> The default for setup is to create a primary partition as the first

> partition and create an Extended partition if a primary already exists on

> the system.

> Thanks,

> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

>

<SNIP>

> | >

> | >Hi, umwhat.

> | >

> | >WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary partition

> or on

> | >a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care if they

> are

> | >installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where YOU tell

> them,

> | >even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay attention to the

> | >dialog boxes.

> | >

> | >Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change the drive

> | >letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of starting

> over

> | >and installing again.

> | >

> | >You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

> | >Definitions for system volume and boot volume

> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

> | >

> | >You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

> | >

> | >Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters, but not the

> | >System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

> | >

> | >RC

> | >

> | >"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

> | >news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

> | >> I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I would

> think it

> | >> would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and why did

> the

> | >> installation make an extended partition and not a primary partition.

> | >> From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could make

> D:

> | >> drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the C:

> drive.

> | >>

> | >> --

> | >> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

> | >>

> | >> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> | >>

> | >>> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

> | >>>

> | >>> umwhat wrote:

> | >>> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

> | >>> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive

> and

> | >>> > has 2

> | >>> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left

> over

> | >>> > from a

> | >>> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the

> drivers

> for

> | >>> > 64

> | >>> > Bit Professional.

> | >>> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is

> labelled

> | >>> > C:

> | >>> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling

> somewhat

> | >>> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be

> | >>> > labelled

> | >>> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

> | ><SNIP>

May 10, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Hello R.C.

Good reminders

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

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| >Hi, Darrell.

| >

| >Thanks for jumping in! ;<)

| >

| >I'd like to remind the OP that you said, "If you boot to the... CD\DVD

to do

| >an installation..." The results are different if you run Vista Setup

from

| >within WinXP. (My mindset is Vista and I kind of forgot that the OP

said

| >WinXP x64.)

| >

| >Later, you said:

| >> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary

active

| >> partition on the drive when you run setup.

| >

| >Often there are more than one hard drive, and sometimes they are a mix

of

| >IDE (PATA)/SATA/SCSI/USB... In this situation, the BIOS and the

operating

| >system can disagree as to which is "the drive when you run setup." :>(

| >

| >Since I have only one computer and Vista has been very stable, I've not

had

| >to reinstall Vista since I rebuilt my system over a year ago. But I

recall

| >the many reinstalls during the long beta period. I still have several

| >multi-boots installed, but seldom boot into anything but Vista Ultimate

x64,

| >which is in Drive C:, the first logical drive in the extended partition

on

| >my second HD. Each of my 3 HDs has a System Partition, but I seldom use

any

| >other than Drive D:, which is the first (only) primary active partition

on

| >that second HD. My WinXP refused to boot at about the time Vista went

RTM

| >and all my sporadic attempts to revive it with a repair install have

failed,

| >so I haven't run WinXP in a year and a half. When WinXP w/SP3 arrives

Real

| >Soon Now, I may try the repair install again. I do boot into a separate

| >WinXP x64 occasionally, just to be sure I still can.

| >

| >Note that it is NOT necessary for WinXP and Vista to agree on which

volume

| >is Drive C:, or any other letter. Each operating system keeps its own

| >letter assignments. But I've made sure that they agree that my WinXP is

in

| >Drive F:, the first logical drive in the extended partition on my first

HD.

| >

| >RC

| >--

| >R. C. White, CPA

| >San Marcos, TX

| >rc@grandecom.net

| >Microsoft Windows MVP

| >(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

| >

| >""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

| >news:Ts56JSXsIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

| >> Hello,

| >> Correct.

| >> If you boot to the CD to do CD\DVD to do an installation with Windows

XP

| >> or

| >> Windows Server 2003 ( Either 32-bit or 64-bit)

| >> The local hard drive volumes are enumerated and assigned drive letters.

| >> The first active primary partition it finds it given drive letter C.

| >> If a volume exists it gets a drive letter, if you create a new volume

it

| >> gets the next available drive letter.

| >> Setup does not reallocate hard drive letters, so if you delete a

volume,

| >> that drive letter is reserved in that setup session.

| >> Even if you create a new volume, that new volume gets the next free

drive

| >> letter. The existing drive letters are available after setup completes

or

| >> if you reboot to the CD\DVD

| >>

| >> Drive Letter C,

| >> Windows doesn't care like R.C states.

| >> The majority of customers do not care.

| >> However a very small number of people care and care in different ways.

| >> Some want the drive to always be C:, some do not want it to be C:

| >> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary

active

| >> partition on the drive when you run setup.

| >>

| >> Changing it after the OS is installed would cause any number or

problems

| >> with the OS.

| >> There are references to the installed drive letter throughout the

system.

| >> Each of those would have to be changed for the system to work properly.

| >>

| >> The default for setup is to create a primary partition as the first

| >> partition and create an Extended partition if a primary already exists

on

| >> the system.

| >> Thanks,

| >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

| >>

| ><SNIP>

| >> | >

| >> | >Hi, umwhat.

| >> | >

| >> | >WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary

partition

| >> or on

| >> | >a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care if

they

| >> are

| >> | >installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where YOU

tell

| >> them,

| >> | >even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay attention to

the

| >> | >dialog boxes.

| >> | >

| >> | >Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change the

drive

| >> | >letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of

starting

| >> over

| >> | >and installing again.

| >> | >

| >> | >You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

| >> | >Definitions for system volume and boot volume

| >> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

| >> | >

| >> | >You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

| >> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

| >> | >

| >> | >Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters, but not

the

| >> | >System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

| >> | >

| >> | >RC

| >> | >

| >> | >"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

| >> | >news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

| >> | >> I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I would

| >> think it

| >> | >> would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and why

did

| >> the

| >> | >> installation make an extended partition and not a primary

partition.

| >> | >> From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could

make

| >> D:

| >> | >> drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the C:

| >> drive.

| >> | >>

| >> | >> --

| >> | >> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

| >> | >>

| >> | >> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

| >> | >>

| >> | >>> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

| >> | >>>

| >> | >>> umwhat wrote:

| >> | >>> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

| >> | >>> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec

harddrive

| >> and

| >> | >>> > has 2

| >> | >>> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files

left

| >> over

| >> | >>> > from a

| >> | >>> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the

| >> drivers

| >> for

| >> | >>> > 64

| >> | >>> > Bit Professional.

| >> | >>> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is

| >> labelled

| >> | >>> > C:

| >> | >>> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling

| >> somewhat

| >> | >>> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition

should be

| >> | >>> > labelled

| >> | >>> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

| >> | ><SNIP>

| >

May 11, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Good to see you back around here, Darrell. (Though I know you always

lurk.<G>)

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:lBAD79usIHA.5848@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

> Hello R.C.

> Good reminders

> Thanks,

> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

>

> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

> --------------------

> | >From: "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net>

> | >References: <A5315B2F-1D31-4DB4-BB76-E7DEA548021A@microsoft.com>

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> <Ts56JSXsIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>

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> exten

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> | >

> | >Hi, Darrell.

> | >

> | >Thanks for jumping in! ;<)

> | >

> | >I'd like to remind the OP that you said, "If you boot to the... CD\DVD

> to do

> | >an installation..." The results are different if you run Vista Setup

> from

> | >within WinXP. (My mindset is Vista and I kind of forgot that the OP

> said

> | >WinXP x64.)

> | >

> | >Later, you said:

> | >> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary

> active

> | >> partition on the drive when you run setup.

> | >

> | >Often there are more than one hard drive, and sometimes they are a mix

> of

> | >IDE (PATA)/SATA/SCSI/USB... In this situation, the BIOS and the

> operating

> | >system can disagree as to which is "the drive when you run setup." :>(

> | >

> | >Since I have only one computer and Vista has been very stable, I've not

> had

> | >to reinstall Vista since I rebuilt my system over a year ago. But I

> recall

> | >the many reinstalls during the long beta period. I still have several

> | >multi-boots installed, but seldom boot into anything but Vista Ultimate

> x64,

> | >which is in Drive C:, the first logical drive in the extended partition

> on

> | >my second HD. Each of my 3 HDs has a System Partition, but I seldom

> use

> any

> | >other than Drive D:, which is the first (only) primary active partition

> on

> | >that second HD. My WinXP refused to boot at about the time Vista went

> RTM

> | >and all my sporadic attempts to revive it with a repair install have

> failed,

> | >so I haven't run WinXP in a year and a half. When WinXP w/SP3 arrives

> Real

> | >Soon Now, I may try the repair install again. I do boot into a

> separate

> | >WinXP x64 occasionally, just to be sure I still can.

> | >

> | >Note that it is NOT necessary for WinXP and Vista to agree on which

> volume

> | >is Drive C:, or any other letter. Each operating system keeps its own

> | >letter assignments. But I've made sure that they agree that my WinXP

> is

> in

> | >Drive F:, the first logical drive in the extended partition on my first

> HD.

> | >

> | >RC

> | >--

> | >R. C. White, CPA

> | >San Marcos, TX

> | >rc@grandecom.net

> | >Microsoft Windows MVP

> | >(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

> | >

> | >""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in

> message

> | >news:Ts56JSXsIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

> | >> Hello,

> | >> Correct.

> | >> If you boot to the CD to do CD\DVD to do an installation with Windows

> XP

> | >> or

> | >> Windows Server 2003 ( Either 32-bit or 64-bit)

> | >> The local hard drive volumes are enumerated and assigned drive

> letters.

> | >> The first active primary partition it finds it given drive letter C.

> | >> If a volume exists it gets a drive letter, if you create a new volume

> it

> | >> gets the next available drive letter.

> | >> Setup does not reallocate hard drive letters, so if you delete a

> volume,

> | >> that drive letter is reserved in that setup session.

> | >> Even if you create a new volume, that new volume gets the next free

> drive

> | >> letter. The existing drive letters are available after setup

> completes

> or

> | >> if you reboot to the CD\DVD

> | >>

> | >> Drive Letter C,

> | >> Windows doesn't care like R.C states.

> | >> The majority of customers do not care.

> | >> However a very small number of people care and care in different

> ways.

> | >> Some want the drive to always be C:, some do not want it to be C:

> | >> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary

> active

> | >> partition on the drive when you run setup.

> | >>

> | >> Changing it after the OS is installed would cause any number or

> problems

> | >> with the OS.

> | >> There are references to the installed drive letter throughout the

> system.

> | >> Each of those would have to be changed for the system to work

> properly.

> | >>

> | >> The default for setup is to create a primary partition as the first

> | >> partition and create an Extended partition if a primary already

> exists

> on

> | >> the system.

> | >> Thanks,

> | >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

> | >>

> | ><SNIP>

> | >> | >

> | >> | >Hi, umwhat.

> | >> | >

> | >> | >WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary

> partition

> | >> or on

> | >> | >a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care if

> they

> | >> are

> | >> | >installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where YOU

> tell

> | >> them,

> | >> | >even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay attention

> to

> the

> | >> | >dialog boxes.

> | >> | >

> | >> | >Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change the

> drive

> | >> | >letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of

> starting

> | >> over

> | >> | >and installing again.

> | >> | >

> | >> | >You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

> | >> | >Definitions for system volume and boot volume

> | >> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

> | >> | >

> | >> | >You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

> | >> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

> | >> | >

> | >> | >Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters, but

> not

> the

> | >> | >System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

> | >> | >

> | >> | >RC

> | >> | >

> | >> | >"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

> | >> | >news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

> | >> | >> I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I

> would

> | >> think it

> | >> | >> would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and

> why

> did

> | >> the

> | >> | >> installation make an extended partition and not a primary

> partition.

> | >> | >> From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could

> make

> | >> D:

> | >> | >> drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the

> C:

> | >> drive.

> | >> | >>

> | >> | >> --

> | >> | >> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

> | >> | >>

> | >> | >> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> | >> | >>

> | >> | >>> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

> | >> | >>>

> | >> | >>> umwhat wrote:

> | >> | >>> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

> | >> | >>> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec

> harddrive

> | >> and

> | >> | >>> > has 2

> | >> | >>> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files

> left

> | >> over

> | >> | >>> > from a

> | >> | >>> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the

> | >> drivers

> | >> for

> | >> | >>> > 64

> | >> | >>> > Bit Professional.

> | >> | >>> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is

> | >> labelled

> | >> | >>> > C:

> | >> | >>> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling

> | >> somewhat

> | >> | >>> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition

> should be

> | >> | >>> > labelled

> | >> | >>> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

> | >> | ><SNIP>

> | >

>

May 12, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Hello Charlie,

The good does such a good job, I rarely need to post.

yes I do lurk,

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

--------------------

| >From: "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org>

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| >Good to see you back around here, Darrell. (Though I know you always

| >lurk.<G>)

| >

| >--

| >Charlie.

| >http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

| >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

| >

| >""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in

message

| >news:lBAD79usIHA.5848@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

| >> Hello R.C.

| >> Good reminders

| >> Thanks,

| >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

| >>

| >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

rights

| >> --------------------

| >> | >From: "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net>

| >> | >References: <A5315B2F-1D31-4DB4-BB76-E7DEA548021A@microsoft.com>

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| >> <Ts56JSXsIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>

| >> | >Subject: Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto

an

| >> exten

| >> | >Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:07:51 -0500

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| >> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:17342

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| >> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general

| >> | >

| >> | >Hi, Darrell.

| >> | >

| >> | >Thanks for jumping in! ;<)

| >> | >

| >> | >I'd like to remind the OP that you said, "If you boot to the...

CD\DVD

| >> to do

| >> | >an installation..." The results are different if you run Vista

Setup

| >> from

| >> | >within WinXP. (My mindset is Vista and I kind of forgot that the OP

| >> said

| >> | >WinXP x64.)

| >> | >

| >> | >Later, you said:

| >> | >> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary

| >> active

| >> | >> partition on the drive when you run setup.

| >> | >

| >> | >Often there are more than one hard drive, and sometimes they are a

mix

| >> of

| >> | >IDE (PATA)/SATA/SCSI/USB... In this situation, the BIOS and the

| >> operating

| >> | >system can disagree as to which is "the drive when you run setup."

:>(

| >> | >

| >> | >Since I have only one computer and Vista has been very stable, I've

not

| >> had

| >> | >to reinstall Vista since I rebuilt my system over a year ago. But I

| >> recall

| >> | >the many reinstalls during the long beta period. I still have

several

| >> | >multi-boots installed, but seldom boot into anything but Vista

Ultimate

| >> x64,

| >> | >which is in Drive C:, the first logical drive in the extended

partition

| >> on

| >> | >my second HD. Each of my 3 HDs has a System Partition, but I

seldom

| >> use

| >> any

| >> | >other than Drive D:, which is the first (only) primary active

partition

| >> on

| >> | >that second HD. My WinXP refused to boot at about the time Vista

went

| >> RTM

| >> | >and all my sporadic attempts to revive it with a repair install have

| >> failed,

| >> | >so I haven't run WinXP in a year and a half. When WinXP w/SP3

arrives

| >> Real

| >> | >Soon Now, I may try the repair install again. I do boot into a

| >> separate

| >> | >WinXP x64 occasionally, just to be sure I still can.

| >> | >

| >> | >Note that it is NOT necessary for WinXP and Vista to agree on which

| >> volume

| >> | >is Drive C:, or any other letter. Each operating system keeps its

own

| >> | >letter assignments. But I've made sure that they agree that my

WinXP

| >> is

| >> in

| >> | >Drive F:, the first logical drive in the extended partition on my

first

| >> HD.

| >> | >

| >> | >RC

| >> | >--

| >> | >R. C. White, CPA

| >> | >San Marcos, TX

| >> | >rc@grandecom.net

| >> | >Microsoft Windows MVP

| >> | >(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

| >> | >

| >> | >""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in

| >> message

| >> | >news:Ts56JSXsIHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

| >> | >> Hello,

| >> | >> Correct.

| >> | >> If you boot to the CD to do CD\DVD to do an installation with

Windows

| >> XP

| >> | >> or

| >> | >> Windows Server 2003 ( Either 32-bit or 64-bit)

| >> | >> The local hard drive volumes are enumerated and assigned drive

| >> letters.

| >> | >> The first active primary partition it finds it given drive letter

C.

| >> | >> If a volume exists it gets a drive letter, if you create a new

volume

| >> it

| >> | >> gets the next available drive letter.

| >> | >> Setup does not reallocate hard drive letters, so if you delete a

| >> volume,

| >> | >> that drive letter is reserved in that setup session.

| >> | >> Even if you create a new volume, that new volume gets the next

free

| >> drive

| >> | >> letter. The existing drive letters are available after setup

| >> completes

| >> or

| >> | >> if you reboot to the CD\DVD

| >> | >>

| >> | >> Drive Letter C,

| >> | >> Windows doesn't care like R.C states.

| >> | >> The majority of customers do not care.

| >> | >> However a very small number of people care and care in different

| >> ways.

| >> | >> Some want the drive to always be C:, some do not want it to be C:

| >> | >> If the drive letter has to be C: make sure it's the first primary

| >> active

| >> | >> partition on the drive when you run setup.

| >> | >>

| >> | >> Changing it after the OS is installed would cause any number or

| >> problems

| >> | >> with the OS.

| >> | >> There are references to the installed drive letter throughout the

| >> system.

| >> | >> Each of those would have to be changed for the system to work

| >> properly.

| >> | >>

| >> | >> The default for setup is to create a primary partition as the

first

| >> | >> partition and create an Extended partition if a primary already

| >> exists

| >> on

| >> | >> the system.

| >> | >> Thanks,

| >> | >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

| >> | >>

| >> | ><SNIP>

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >Hi, umwhat.

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary

| >> partition

| >> | >> or on

| >> | >> | >a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care

if

| >> they

| >> | >> are

| >> | >> | >installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where

YOU

| >> tell

| >> | >> them,

| >> | >> | >even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay

attention

| >> to

| >> the

| >> | >> | >dialog boxes.

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change

the

| >> drive

| >> | >> | >letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of

| >> starting

| >> | >> over

| >> | >> | >and installing again.

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

| >> | >> | >Definitions for system volume and boot volume

| >> | >> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

| >> | >> | >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters,

but

| >> not

| >> the

| >> | >> | >System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >RC

| >> | >> | >

| >> | >> | >"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

| >> | >> | >news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

| >> | >> | >> I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I

| >> would

| >> | >> think it

| >> | >> | >> would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this

and

| >> why

| >> did

| >> | >> the

| >> | >> | >> installation make an extended partition and not a primary

| >> partition.

| >> | >> | >> From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I

could

| >> make

| >> | >> D:

| >> | >> | >> drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into

the

| >> C:

| >> | >> drive.

| >> | >> | >>

| >> | >> | >> --

| >> | >> | >> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

| >> | >> | >>

| >> | >> | >> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

| >> | >> | >>

| >> | >> | >>> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

| >> | >> | >>>

| >> | >> | >>> umwhat wrote:

| >> | >> | >>> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny

isn't

| >> | >> | >>> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec

| >> harddrive

| >> | >> and

| >> | >> | >>> > has 2

| >> | >> | >>> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up

files

| >> left

| >> | >> over

| >> | >> | >>> > from a

| >> | >> | >>> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install

the

| >> | >> drivers

| >> | >> for

| >> | >> | >>> > 64

| >> | >> | >>> > Bit Professional.

| >> | >> | >>> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition

is

| >> | >> labelled

| >> | >> | >>> > C:

| >> | >> | >>> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling

| >> | >> somewhat

| >> | >> | >>> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition

| >> should be

| >> | >> | >>> > labelled

| >> | >> | >>> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled

D: .

| >> | >> | ><SNIP>

| >> | >

| >>

| >

July 1, 2008

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

Re: Windows XP Professional 64 Bit Edition installed onto an exten

I probably installed blindly as it were, and because the partition with

backups existed then the Windows installation would have had to chose a D:

partition. Maybe the backup partition was labelled C: already....hmm, I did

not notice...That even makes sense to me as I am writing

this...so...lol...thankyou for the help.

BTW, I burned a free Hirens Boot CD with and used Acronis True Image v8.1

from that and there is also Acronis Disk Director and Ghost v?8 on the cd

which suits me very well for backing up purposes.

I am glad I could find the free Acronis True Image which I saw as an

giveaway but as an ended offer on the Acronis website. Now I do not yet have

to pay the US$50 for the latest Acronis True Image v11.

--

....scribble...scribble...scribble...

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, umwhat.

>

> WinXP or Vista don't much care whether they are on a primary partition or on

> a logical drive in an extended partition. And they don't care if they are

> installed on Drive C: or Drive D: or Drive X:. They go where YOU tell them,

> even if you are sleepwalking at the time and don't pay attention to the

> dialog boxes.

>

> Once installed, there is no way for us mere mortals to change the drive

> letters for the System Partition or the Boot Volume short of starting over

> and installing again.

>

> You might want to read a couple of KB articles:

> Definitions for system volume and boot volume

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314470/EN-US/

>

> You cannot change the system volume drive letter after Setup

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223769

>

> Disk Management will let us change the other drive letters, but not the

> System Partition and, if different, the Boot Volume.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message

> news:D517F7EB-A5E2-4422-AEA2-508B77D112CB@microsoft.com...

> > I t seems odd thWindows should install to a D: drive when I would think it

> > would default install to a C: drive. Why has it done this and why did the

> > installation make an extended partition and not a primary partition.

> > From what I have seen I can not change the drive letters I could make D:

> > drive a Dynamic Partition but would that help make it into the C: drive.

> >

> > --

> > ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

> >

> > "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> >

> >> Maybe I missed it, but what is your question?

> >>

> >> umwhat wrote:

> >> > ...partition and I did not tell it to....that is funny isn't

> >> > it?...anyway...the harddrive is a 320GB Sata 3.0GB/sec harddrive and

> >> > has 2

> >> > partitions, 1 @ 278GB and 1 @ 20GB with the backed up files left over

> >> > from a

> >> > Windows XP installation and the files I used to install the drivers for

> >> > 64

> >> > Bit Professional.

> >> > The 278GB partition is labled D: and the small partition is labelled

> >> > C:

> >> > which after my mere 4 years of computing leaves me feeling somewhat

> >> > disappointed, mostly because I think the first partition should be

> >> > labelled

> >> > C: and the smaller partition I think should be labelled D: .

> <SNIP>

>

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