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    Dual boot 7 and XP as C:/?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by threeFiftyLi, Apr 27, 2009.

  1. threeFiftyLi

    threeFiftyLi Notebook Consultant

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    I'm planning on installing Windows 7 once the RC1 becomes official. I already have XP installed on C:\ and was wondering if there was a way to get Windows 7 to also install also on C:\.

    I know typically, one has to be C:\ and the other D:\ but I was wondering if there is a way to have the W7 drive hidden when XP is loaded thereby allowing it to be called C:\. The same would be reversed where XP drive would be hidden when W7 was loaded, allowing W7 to be called C:\

    I really don't know if this is possible, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.

    Using D:\ just bugs me :eek:
     
    threeFiftyLi, Apr 27, 2009
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  2. ronnieb

    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    I believe when you load each OS, the default hard drive that it uses is C:.
     
    ronnieb, Apr 28, 2009
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  3. threeFiftyLi

    threeFiftyLi Notebook Consultant

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    really? that would be fantastic if it did that.
     
    threeFiftyLi, Apr 28, 2009
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  4. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

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    Not from previous experience.

    XP would be C regardless of what OS you are in, and 7 will be D.
     
    hypdotspec, Apr 28, 2009
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  5. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    in vista as in win7, you can disable the c: / d: labeling entierly to never see it again :) (except on the console, and where ever you need to enter a full path).

    i've done this and like it to see that old legacy die step by step.. :)
     
    davepermen, Apr 29, 2009
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  6. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mount Windows 7 Partition as a folder in Windows XP partition. Then, the windows 7 partition will become a folder instead of a "drive" in your windows xp drive (C:\ drive).
     
    jackluo923, Apr 29, 2009
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