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Drive Letter question
But, for a while, I ran Quicken under an XP Virtual Machine while also running it under Vista x86. I shared the folder that the Quicken data file was in so that both instances of Quicken could see the data. They each saw the data as being under a different drive letter but ran without problem.

XP drive letter question
Colin Barnhorst c.barnho...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Don't just format. That won't change anything. On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:31:00 -0800, Snacko <Sna...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Excellent question. The drive letter is G. Disk Management shows partition capacity at

Dual boot - remove one OS.
MS asserts that there has been no DOS in Windows since Win2K, however, both XP and Vista still have drives named with letters like 'C' drive, 'D' drive etc. I'd say that there's still some DOS, even is Vista someplace. 1- so remove the drive letter if it makes you feel better- didn't know you could do that, eh?

Dual boot to Vista
RC White r...@grandecom.net microsoft public windows vista general Hi, Donald. Windows Explorer should show you the files on the DVD, even if you are not the Then you can just "Run X:\Setup.exe", where X: is the drive letter for your DVD. RC -- RC White, CPA San Marcos, TX r...@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP

Last resort question for Media Player in vista
John Barnes jbar...@email.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup The drive letter of some programs is hard coded (includes the nVidia drivers for .... One more question before I hit the delete button. If I delete the C partition, my XP parition, will my Vista partition suddenly decide that it's the C

Drive Letter Problem - Vista Installation
Will a later removal of the former partitions automatically change the drive letter to C in the remaining partition? The current system-WXPP is based on a logical drive (not remembering NTFS-basics) will that be a problem? // A CP/M to XP/P-traveller "John John" wrote: Other than 'WOS-up'? is there a question in

Yet another VPC installation question
"Carl F" <ca...@mindspring.com> wrote This news item does not inclde a question. It is informational. Installing a Vista OS with a dual boot to XP 02/07/07 Currently Vista Use Disk Management to identify, assign a drive letter, rename, and format (NTFS)a partition for Vista. I used "S-1 V Vista Ultimate (V)".

XP drive letter question
Stephen Petrowski bsa2...@adelphia.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup go to the disk manager and change the drive letters in vista then format One more question before I hit the delete button. If I delete the C partition, my XP parition, will my Vista partition suddenly decide that it's the C

Vista installing with XP boot drive question
You just have to assign a drive letter from the disk management tool (management - drive management, right-click and choose a proper drive letter). -- vista policy violation: Microsoft optical mouse found penguin patterns on mousepad. Partition scan in progress to remove offending incompatible products.

Quicken 2008 Deluxe Vista 64 bit - Couple of questions
Og O...@msn.com microsoft public windows vista general microsoft public windowsxp general "Howard" <howdy0...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:O3f7ApT2GHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... I have 2 harddrives (HD1 and HD2) Windows XP 32bit is currently install on HD1 HD1 is C drive HD2 is D drive I want to install windows

XP drive letter question
If a new computer with two SATA II 250 GB Hard Drives with 3 partitions on each were installed: the first partition on the 1st HDD would be C: (system drive for Win XP MCE 2005); the first partition on the 2nd HDD would be D: (reserved as the system drive for Win Vista, when Vista is available); the 2nd partition

Error message on boot up
Warren War...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Follow-up questions (thanks max) Should I add the drive before or You will just not be able to boot from it, not run Windows from it, but still be able to access it from within Vista--with whatever drive letter you might

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
No it will not cause problems in the future unless you set a program to save to a mapped drive letter and for some reason the mapped drive get disconnected. Then to fix the problem you just have to re-connected the mapped drive -- Gregory Malsack Technical Sales & Services Manager Data Direct/Data Vista Inc.

Ghosting Around with Xp and Vista :-)
I don't have enough experience with Vista to reply to your question, but I'd like to comment on the structure that you apparently like. Second, putting either the page file or the temp folder on a the same physical drive as Windows, but in a different partition, is counterproductive The thing that most slows

Vista Folder Icon Question ?
The quickest way to get a summary is to connect them to a system, open a command prompt, and enter chkdsk f: <-------- (assuming drive letter is F) That will tell When I tried to use it in Vista, Vista rejected the program. A display popped up saying the program could not be installed (or used, I don't recall

Allan/Janice - A Question
It seems the primary question is how can I restore the drive letter my data and programs are on. It seems the original poster is quite happy with the OS being installed as is. In Vista, you can use the Disk Management console to manage the drives on your computer. Anything but the letters A & B which are reserved

HowTo obtain the assigned drive letter(s) of a USB stick?
Trac T...@nm.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Tell it to search c:\ (or whatever drive letter its installed on) the next time it pops up asking for drivers. although here it really is drivers for the hard disk. the controller in question already has another disk on it which is working fine.

Partitioning Question
Snacko Sna...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Thanks. I will do that when I get time to move the data off it. On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:31:00 -0800, Snacko <Sna...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Excellent question. The drive letter is G. Disk Management shows partition

Vista 32-bit only sees 128gb of large hard drive
This news item does not inclde a question. It is informational. Installing a Vista OS with a dual boot to XP 02/07/07 Currently Vista installation will not completely Use Disk Management to identify, assign a drive letter, rename, and format (NTFS)a partition for Vista. I used "S-1 V Vista Ultimate (V)".

XP does not assign drive letter to External SATA HDD
Colin Barnhorst c.barnho...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista hardware_devices Formatting can write all the zeroes it wants, but it doesn't change the On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:31:00 -0800, Snacko <Sna...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Excellent question. The drive letter is G. Disk Management shows