lennierv Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 Hey I got a real problem here...I install my legal copy of xp frequently. I use a hard disk where I partition it in two...I place my Windows OS in the "C:" partition and my Data in the "D:" PartitionI hope I am making myself clear here...Anyway the problem comes when I want to reinstall windows with my xp bootable cdWhen I get to the part where the partitions are visible, THE WINDOWS XP PARTITION JUMPS TO THE DRIVE LETTER "D" WHILE MY DATA TURNS INTO THE DRIVE LETTER "C" I tried other versions of xp and the same problem occurs...I don't like my Xp OS being in the other partition...Its only normal if it is in "C:"I hope someone knows what the problem is here... I bet many of you have encountered this as wellWhenever I try to change the drive letter in the partition the windows crashes..Do any of you know how to properly change the Drive letters of the partitions that are in use??
ripken204 Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 do you know what order the partitons are in? is the data partition the 1st partition and the xp partition the 2nd partition. if so then that may be the problem, xp like to rename the partitions everytime you reinstall which can get very annoying.
lennierv Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 THANKS FOR THE SPEEDY REPLY...When I first installed it, the xp was in the first partition then when I tried reinstalling it, it jumped to the second partition....
ripken204 Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 well its not that im talking about. if you have a partition manager then look at that. xp pro has one too. then check to see where the partitions are physically located on the drive.
Shindo_Hikaru Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 The question is if the first partition is The primary and is set as bootable. I had my computer do something like that when i had linux. My secondary partiton known as Extended partiition was somehow set to being bootable. So check that using a Partitioning software like Partition Magic or somehing similuar
lennierv Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 Well I'll see if that can help me with the problem.. I'll use partition magic to check it out...Thanx for your reply!
Takeshi Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 It's never occurred to me.How to restore the system/boot drive letter in WindowsBut I won't recommend it unless you're confident in editing the registry. It'd be best to reinstall in the correct partition.I'm unclear what happened. During installation, the first partition available in the HD usually appears first on top of the partition list, it doesn't matter what drive letter it has.It's also possible to install XP in primary and extended partitions so I doubt if that is the cause of your problem.It's just conceivable that your MBR or partition table has some errors. But then as I understand, the PT doesn't need to list the partitions in exact order.
lennierv Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 What happened was that the first partition which was the xp partition had the drive letter "C" and when I tried to reinstall windows it jumped to the letter "D" and the Data drive switched to drive letter "C"That is what happened
Shindo_Hikaru Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 BIOS settings come to mind or hard drive pin assignment
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 This has happened to me on various occasions with various computers;I doubt it has anything to do with the bios...
Takeshi Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Your data partition has not been physically moved, just it's drive letter has changed. That's easy to change later.Leaving aside what causes this, a workaround is to hide the data partition first. Then during install XP Setup won't see it and won't assign it C. In addition you can delete the XP partition first; then you'll have an unformatted space to go ahead.
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 How can I hide the partition???Partition Magic???BY THE WAY,I format my second partition using the 'COMPUTER MANAGEMENT'that windows has in it......
Shindo_Hikaru Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 that could be it if you do not know how to use it, question the second partion did you do it as a extended partition
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 Yes I did it as EXTENDED partitionIs that the problem?Would u suggest creating my other partitions with a third-party partitioning software like "partition magic"?
Shindo_Hikaru Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 oh no, just wondering, being that you set it as a extended, it may be that XP switched them afterwards, as far as drive assignments
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