Re: Xp Dual Boot
From: I'm Dan (dgREMOVE-THIS1261_at_cs.com)
Date: 05/30/04
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 01:40:13 -0700
"JohnT" <bude@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I have installed Xp pro on a partition which takes up half of
> my hard disk, which installs happily as Drive C. On installing
> a second copy onto the free space, as a second partition, this
> installs fine, but on selecting it from the boot option, the
> windows drive is drive D (with C being seen as the first
> installation). Is there any way that the drive letter assignment
> for the second installation can be swapped, so both
> installations see their windows folders as C: ?
Yes, if you use a third-party boot manager. Any run-of-the-mill third-party
boot manager will let multiple OS's exist as alternate 'C' partitions while
(optionally) hiding the non-booted partition so they can't see each other.
The boot manager included with XP cannot do that. Be aware that installing
a third-party boot manager will necessitate reinstalling your second OS
because once installed as 'D', you're stuck with 'D'.
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