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unable to open vista partition
hi i have installed vista and windows 7 dual boot ... but i am unable to open the vista partition on windows 7 ... any idea ?
hi i have installed vista and windows 7 dual boot ... but i am unable to open the vista partition on windows 7 ... any idea ?
Hi,
Are you able to see the Vista partition ?
If not, give it a drive letter in Disk Management.
SIW2
OK, first. If the drive is not appearing in Windows Explorer, you'll need to do as SIW2 said and use Computer Management -> Disk Management to assign a drive letter. Once you see the drive, if you are unable to access it you'll need to take ownership. That's covered here: Take Ownership of file - Vista Forums
well i see it as local disc c NTFS no size or anything. but strange when i install anything it goes into f drive that is windows 7 partition even when the path shows as c\program . do i still have to give it a drive letter.
Hi bossmayank,
When you look from Vista all drives will be visible, if you look from 7 the Vista C:\ drive will be hidden I suppose as an attempt to stop people from accidentally deleting things.
When you install anything from 7, it will install into the 7, C:\ Partition as C is the default install Partition, but obviously you cannot have two drive C`s Hence the confusion and the drive letter F:\ which should correspond to the Vista F:\
No I think you would be best to leave it as it is, so that you do not mess anything up
All other partitions (except C:\ and F:\) could be changed so that the partition letters are the same from Vista and 7 This will help if you want to use a particular folder for example for music as it will be in the same place regardless from which OS
I hope this makes some sort of sense
Pooch
well thats why i though but in windows 7 the vista partition shows as local drive c and windows 7 partition still shows as f: but i`ll try that take ownerhsip thing to work and check if i can still get into my vista partition through that.
nope the take ownership didnt worked i get take ownership opyion everywhere other then the local drives so luck.