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Partition jumble!
Before I installed my purchased Windows 7 Home Premium a few days ago my system was laid out so:
C:\XP Pro D:\Programs E:\ Editing F:\Data Backup G:\DVD H:\Windows 7 Evaluation copy. This setup worked fine, dual booting OK. Acronis True Image saw all the partitions.
However. Now after installing new Windows 7 onto H:\ (after formatting H:\ first), when the instal finished the layout was like so:
C:\Windows 7 D:\XP Pro E:\Programs F:\Editing G:\ Data Backup H:\DVD.
OK. that all worked, except I had to change a number of paths to reflect diiferent locations. It still dual booted OK.
But, when I run Acronis True Image 2010 from the recovery CD or F11 Startup Manager, the program misses out my F:\Editing partiion, which is where I happen to keep my Acronis backups! Acronis, when run from the program does see all my partitions OK. I believe that the recovery CD and Startup Manager run under Linux which doesn't use the Windows partition recognition system, but I do have them all labelled anyway. I'm concerned that 'losing' an important partition is serious!
Will it be safe to alter the drive letters to bring the system back to the original configuration, or will that mess up the booting/dual boot setup?
I have raised a query with Acronis but I'm waiting on a reply.
What would you folks sugeest here?