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Jack
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      03-03-2008
Hello,
I have a dual boot system:
XP PRO on drive C and Vista Home Premium on drive B.
I want to replace my hardrive, and move (or clone) Vista to new drive and be
it C drive.
Vista is still virgin and not other programs are installed, so changing it
location from D to C drive will not influance any applications.
I know how to create hard drive image. My question is how to make that new c
drive with Vista on it bootable again.
Is there any utility I can use?
Jack


 
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peter
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      03-03-2008
You can use your Vista DVD and do a "startup repair"
peter

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"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a dual boot system:
> XP PRO on drive C and Vista Home Premium on drive B.
> I want to replace my hardrive, and move (or clone) Vista to new drive and
> be it C drive.
> Vista is still virgin and not other programs are installed, so changing it
> location from D to C drive will not influance any applications.
> I know how to create hard drive image. My question is how to make that new
> c drive with Vista on it bootable again.
> Is there any utility I can use?
> Jack
>

 
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BugHunter
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      03-03-2008
peter <> schreef in bericht
news:0E46A65D-1E59-4FC3-8C29-...

> You can use your Vista DVD and do a "startup repair"
> peter


I don't think that will work. The driveletter belongs to the
installation, and is everywhere in the system, such as the
register, present.


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Rick Rogers
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      03-04-2008
Hi,

You can't change the drive letter without reinstalling. This applies to both
XP and Vista.

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"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a dual boot system:
> XP PRO on drive C and Vista Home Premium on drive B.
> I want to replace my hardrive, and move (or clone) Vista to new drive and
> be it C drive.
> Vista is still virgin and not other programs are installed, so changing it
> location from D to C drive will not influance any applications.
> I know how to create hard drive image. My question is how to make that new
> c drive with Vista on it bootable again.
> Is there any utility I can use?
> Jack
>


 
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John Barnes
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      03-04-2008
If Vista was installed from the DVD and sees itself as your C drive you will
be okay. If you installed Vista from the XP desktop and it sees itself as
D, you will have to reinstall to have it as C.

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
> I have a dual boot system:
> XP PRO on drive C and Vista Home Premium on drive B.
> I want to replace my hardrive, and move (or clone) Vista to new drive and
> be it C drive.
> Vista is still virgin and not other programs are installed, so changing it
> location from D to C drive will not influance any applications.
> I know how to create hard drive image. My question is how to make that new
> c drive with Vista on it bootable again.
> Is there any utility I can use?
> Jack
>


 
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