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Vista install on SATA - Drive problem
We can use Disk Management to assign any drive letters we want to other volumes and devices, but the System Partition and Boot Volume letters are fixed by Setup And Drive C: may be the third logical drive on their second HD - or wherever they decided to install Vista. But, of course, when they boot into WinXP

Installing Vista Home Premium and Format
I got it through Vista updates. So, I tried this: While installing Vista from XP, have the installer look for updates, etc. before it starts the complete install. Vista will then recognize the hard drive properly after install, running windows update, being sure to select the option to look for other software

Move Vista to different partition
Then I use DM to create a new volume (perhaps on the second HD) and assign it a letter (Drive V:?). Then I install Vista into Drive V: from within WinXP, keeping the C: and D: assignments. Drives C:, D: and V: are consistent between WinXP and Vista, and so are my other volume letters. (Actually, I've used many

Does this dual-boot installation plan work?
My XP Pro install is on another hard drive, and of course when I boot into XP Pro it sees it's partition as drive C, and the Vista partition on the other drive changes to like drive L. Could Quicken 2008, be successfully installed on Vista, and run in both Vista and XP in this scenario, or would I run into major

Problems installing Vista on SATA drive as third master drive
Can't find driver for HD to install when clicking F6. Talked to HP and they said none available and will never be available. Called MB company, Assus and they said They can not be read off of a non-slipstreamed CD, flash drive or anything other then a floppy or slipstreamed CD. You can use a USB floppy if you

Can I install Vista Upgrade on other than intended computer?
When I launch it from within Vista, I first get an error message that " there is no vista installed, or it is on a hidden partition". I can click ok and get to the menu ..... Under Vista, it shows as my C drive, I see the partion on the other hard drive my XP Pro is on, however under Vista it shows as drive E?

vista to xp on hp
Could this be an optical drive problem? this installation disc has worked on other computers. thanks. "Mick Murphy" wrote: Joe, go into your BIOS at startup(F2, DEL), "Joe" wrote: I am operating on an intel, vista - reduced functionality. i'm trying to install xp. when i boot off of an xp installation cd,

Terrible drivers
So why would you want to install Vista to install backed up Vista? My suggestion is to spend $40 on a third party program such as Acronis True Image, quite powerful, 100% accuracy and 50% compression ratio. And spend another $50 on a 60-80Gb hard drive, split the hard drive into however many partitions you want and

partition hard drive
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. Putting the page file on a second partition on your only (or main) drive puts it far from the other frequently-used data on the drive, increases the time it takes to get to and

Even top officials struggled to make vista work!!!
Andrew E. eckric...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp hardware Well the OS will have to be installed to C: drive (RAID 1),unplug the other hd during install I want to install Vista on the RAID 1. I have another 250GB HD which presently has XP Home on it. I would like to setup a dual boot system so that I can

Vista backup question for MVPs
I'm considering formatting my hard drive and then installing Vista. But during a test run I booted to the installation disk. After entering the Product Key Other existing folder trees off the root directory will be left intact. When complete, you can get information from under the Windows.old structure if need

Install Vista from SATA DVD drive?
And "drive" letters also are assigned to CD/DVD drives, network drives, USB flash drives, digital cameras and card readers - and probably other devices that I don't know Any help as to how I can change partition drive letter in vista to D: or how I can get them(op systems) to both boot without clean install?

help restoring partitions
AlexB al...@comcast.net microsoft public windows vista general Do you have a SATA drive? What else an idiot Al-Alias could ask else? What does it have to do with the problem? How does a SATA drive influences the fact that the OP is unable to install an older OS over Vista? What if the drive is SATA, then what?

Can't dual boot back to xp need help
My Vista advisor, and some other stuff says that an upgrade is fine. When I try either an upgrade or a clean install, I reach a point (which varies each Too, could it be as simple as going into WinXP when you have that booted up and reversing the drive letters so Vista can do its upgrade automatically like it

Installing Vista on SATA drive
If all I have is a SATA DVD drive (and all the other bits that make up my new build, obviously) Vista surely isn't going to get a chance to start installing if the DVD drive cannot boot (because it is SATA and needs drivers!). All motherboards made in the last couple of years should be capable of booting from an

Microsoft throws in the towel on Vista
I've already cloned my original 80GB hard drive onto a new 160GB hard drive (80GB partition) and I'm running my same copy of XP just fine. I'm ready to install Vista business on the other 80 GB partition. I want to keep the dual boot option because I won't be using Vista solely. I'm wondering about options of

Installing Vista on SATA drive
Install it internally with a standard 100Mb EIDE or with a faster SATA interface. Install the game of your choice on that drive and play it. One drive is faster than the other. Nothing to do with EIDE or SATA vs. Ethernet. External SATA is just as fast as internal SATA if it uses the same cable.

Can't boot without Vista DVD in drive - "a kernel file is ...
3) FROM XP, install Vista to 32GB partition, which should be referred to as the "D" drive. What I'm assuming the result will be: A) Vista's boot manager will have Vista and "Earlier version of Windows" -- the latter will pass me to XP's boot menu, which in turn allows me to boot XP or a command prompt.

Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
R. McCarty PcEngWork-NoSp...@mindspring.com microsoft public windows vista general Windows will NOT install on a "Removable" drive - that's the attribute of A USB 2.0 Drive is only going to achieve a 25-Megabyte transfer rate. That's slower than a Optical drive. The other issue is every time you plug it into a

Vista install on old crashed hard drive
peter pet...@nowhere.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup You can install Vista on the Raptor...you just need to pay attention during the install and pick that drive for the installation. or just connect that drive and after the install connect the other 2 You did not mention if this was a SATA or