How change drive letters back after Vista install

When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition it
was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G partition,
and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive letters back
the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on what would
normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I have XP64 on C,
XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are all different and
it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my drive letters
changed.

"Zoot" <> wrote in message
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> When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition
> it was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G
> partition, and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive
> letters back the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on
> what would normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I have
> XP64 on C, XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are all
> different and it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my
> drive letters changed.

I think it's the way Vista does things. XP will still see its drive as C
when you boot up, not sure if it's a requirement for Vista to have it's
drive seen as C as well. Nothing is going to hurt the system anyways or the
OS that they are installed on said partition/drives. Only one I can think
of is installing programs on one drive that shares with all three OS's but
then you only need to change that drive and reinstall stuff again and put
said drive/partition as Z or another latter drive letter.

Vista is on G, it just shows up on the desktop as C. Nothing has been
changed, it's just the way Vista handles things really.

--
Skipai

Hi,

Once installed, no there's no way to change it. Vista, by default, will
always use C: as the designated letter for its boot volume. The only
exception to this I'm aware of is if the install is started from within an
existing XP/Win2K installation on C: using the custom install option to
direct it to another volume.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Zoot" <> wrote in message
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> When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition
> it was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G
> partition, and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive
> letters back the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on
> what would normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I have
> XP64 on C, XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are all
> different and it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my
> drive letters changed.

"Zoot" <> wrote in message
news:02D2558E-20B5-4079-A2BE-...
> When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition
> it was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G
> partition, and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive
> letters back the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on
> what would normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I have
> XP64 on C, XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are all
> different and it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my
> drive letters changed.


Supposedly changing the drive letter is technically possible, albeit a
labour of Hercules. Word has it that there would be thousands of items in
the registry to change etc. etc. I would venture any attempt would result in
mistakes and a shaky unstable system. IMHO, just forgo it [as dirve letters
don't mean much in themselves] or re-do your computer with a clean install
[if you really want it changed].

Saucy

Saucy <> wrote:
>
> "Zoot" <> wrote in message
> news:02D2558E-20B5-4079-A2BE-...
> > When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that
> > partition it was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this
> > would be the G partition, and that is where I wanted it. It won't
> > let me change my drive letters back the way I want them. Is there
> > any way to install Vista on what would normally be the G partition
> > without it renaming it to C? I have XP64 on C, XP32 on E, but when I
> > boot to Vista my drive letters are all different and it is an
> > annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my drive letters
> > changed.
>
>
> Supposedly changing the drive letter is technically possible, albeit a
> labour of Hercules. Word has it that there would be thousands of items in
> the registry to change etc. etc. I would venture any attempt would
> result in mistakes and a shaky unstable system. IMHO, just forgo it [as
> dirve letters don't mean much in themselves] or re-do your computer
> with a clean install [if you really want it changed].


I really do not know why he wants it as G:, but if he really wants it like
that, he could always use...

SUBST G: C:\

...in a logon script.

He can then hide C: in My Computer by editing the registry in the same way
that TweakUI would do when hiding a drive, which would not take long to find
out about.

ss.

Don't change the boot/system partition drive letter. It will cause all
sorts of issues and you could make it so Vista will not boot properly.
You can change non-boot partition drive letters only in disk management.


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Michael A. McKenney
'www.SCSIraidGURU.com' (http://www.SCSIraidGURU.com)

"Skipaiotter" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Zoot" <> wrote in message
> news:02D2558E-20B5-4079-A2BE-...
>> When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition
>> it was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G
>> partition, and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive
>> letters back the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on
>> what would normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I
>> have XP64 on C, XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are
>> all different and it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and
>> have my drive letters changed.
>
> I think it's the way Vista does things. XP will still see its drive as C
> when you boot up, not sure if it's a requirement for Vista to have it's
> drive seen as C as well. Nothing is going to hurt the system anyways or
> the OS that they are installed on said partition/drives. Only one I can
> think of is installing programs on one drive that shares with all three
> OS's but then you only need to change that drive and reinstall stuff again
> and put said drive/partition as Z or another latter drive letter.
>
> Vista is on G, it just shows up on the desktop as C. Nothing has been
> changed, it's just the way Vista handles things really.

I know it doesn't hurt anything - it just annoys me. Win2000/2003 and XP
don't do this. It seems to be something new with Vista.

I keep certain files on D:, others on F:, and still others on E:. When I
boot to Vista, it has changed the drive letters around and won't let me
change them the way Win2000/XP32/XP64 see them.

"Zoot" <> wrote in message
news:02D2558E-20B5-4079-A2BE-...
> When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition
> it was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G
> partition,

Why?

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:36:24 -0700, "Zoot" <>
wrote:

>When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition it
>was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G partition,
>and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive letters back
>the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on what would
>normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I have XP64 on C,
>XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are all different and
>it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my drive letters
>changed.
Try the procedure described in the last post at
<http://www.vistax64.com/vista-installation-setup/131636-vista-64-dual-boot-changing-drive-letter.html>.

"andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:36:24 -0700, "Zoot" <>
> wrote:
>
>>When I installed Vista, it changed the drive letters such that partition
>>it
>>was installed on was the "C" drive. Normally, this would be the G
>>partition,
>>and that is where I wanted it. It won't let me change my drive letters
>>back
>>the way I want them. Is there any way to install Vista on what would
>>normally be the G partition without it renaming it to C? I have XP64 on C,
>>XP32 on E, but when I boot to Vista my drive letters are all different and
>>it is an annoynance to switch to a different OS and have my drive letters
>>changed.

> Try the procedure described in the last post at
> <http://www.vistax64.com/vista-installation-setup/131636-vista-64-dual-boot-changing-drive-letter.html>.

Ahh...that is *exactly* what I needed! I'll try it and post my results
here...