Move BCD store to other partition

Hello

In advance I created 3 partitions and intended them to use in this way:

partition 1: NTFS primary and active/boot (2GB)
partition 2: NTFS primary (50GB)
partition 3: NTFS primary (100GB)

However, when I begin the installation of Windows Vista, it installs vista
as I choose and it's installing it on the 2nd partition, which is OK!!
The BCD-store has been created on partition 1 as it should be, so far so good.

When I startup my windows vista , I notice he has made following drive letters

Partition 2 : C-drive (windows vista system drive)
Partition 1 : D-drive (boot drive with BCD store)
Partition 3 : E-drive (data drive)

I want to rename the D-drive to B: and make it hidden.

How can I do this? Because every time I want to change drive letter from D:
to B: I get errors.

Thanks for your rewarded suggestions.

Best Regards

Nick Wouters
Belgium

 

Hi Nick,

Don't try either. If you make the active partition hidden (and you'd have to
use a third party boot manager for this), the system won't boot. Plus, you
cannot change the drive letters assigned to either the boot or system
volumes. This is by design.

 

Hallo Rick

Ok, that's clear. I will not put the BCD-partition hidden.
Is there really no possibility to place the BCD-store on a drive called B:,
we deliver installations for our customers and they are very well-trained
that the D: is only user-owned data instead of System-data!

So, does this mean it is really NOT possible or just not preferable?

Best regards

 

Hallo Rick

Ok, that's clear. I will not put the BCD-partition hidden.
Is there really no possibility to place the BCD-store on a drive called B:,
we deliver installations for our customers and they are very well-trained
that the D: is only user-owned data instead of System-data!

So, does this mean it is really NOT possible or just not preferable?

Best regards

 

If these are all IDE or SATA, you should be able to change the B partition
as active if it is a primary partition, then you can do a startup repair.
Be sure you know how to reset the active partition using your install disk.
Also, many have reported having to run startup repair several times. 1 has
reported that startup repair still recognised the original BCD store, but
that was a mixed IDE SATA system and the BIOS on some MOBOs make this a
problem unless the IDE is disconnected.

 

Thanks,I'll have a try