Advice please on swapping Win7 and XP drive letters (separate disks)

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  1. Posts : 9,746
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp1
       #21

    gromwood said:
    Guys,

    Many thanks to you all for taking the trouble to post really helpful replies and suggestions. Yes, will make sure I get SP1 on. (And I see SP2 is around also ?)

    I will carefully study all the good stuff I've been sent and then tread carefully. I'll post back when I've done, although may not be for a few days as herself demands I get on with some decorating and attempts to ban me from the pc for longer that a half-hour session.

    You are quite right, there is no reason at all why Win 7 (or XP) has to be on any particular drive letter - it was just something I preferred to have Win 7 on C going forward.


    Thanks again all.

    Regards
    Just a quick note. There is no SP2 for Windows 7 & there probably will not be one, there is only SP1.
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  2. Posts : 2,409
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit/Windows 8 64-bit/Win7 Pro64-bit
       #22

    Ranger4 said:
    gromwood said:
    Guys,

    Many thanks to you all for taking the trouble to post really helpful replies and suggestions. Yes, will make sure I get SP1 on. (And I see SP2 is around also ?)

    I will carefully study all the good stuff I've been sent and then tread carefully. I'll post back when I've done, although may not be for a few days as herself demands I get on with some decorating and attempts to ban me from the pc for longer that a half-hour session.

    You are quite right, there is no reason at all why Win 7 (or XP) has to be on any particular drive letter - it was just something I preferred to have Win 7 on C going forward.


    Thanks again all.

    Regards
    Just a quick note. There is no SP2 for Windows 7 & there probably will not be one, there is only SP1.
    There is only a SP2 for Vista.
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  3. Posts : 7
    Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #23

    Yes - my fault on this one, it was something I caught out of the corner of my eye on Google - have just just checked and seen that it's stuff like "Microsoft NOT putting out SP2". Thanks guys.
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  4. Posts : 7
    Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #24

    Hello All,

    Just like to say I have sucessfully re-installed Windows 7 from the DVD onto unallocated space on my Disk #1, and as prophesied above by the wise ones, it came up as drive C - so objective achieved.

    I still have my original Windows XP install on Disk #0 and by using the bios level boot device choice I have two independently bootable systems (so either boot up as drive C) with the "other" drive available as another drive letter. So, a happy bunny and I can now migrate my stuff from XP to Win7 at my leisure and then semi-retire XP when I'm ready.

    So many thanks to all who posted the very helpful advice. And I've even finished the decorating :)
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  5. Posts : 259
    Win7 sp1 Pro 64bit / XP sp2 Pro (games only)
       #25

    Might to check this out How to Stop System Restore Points from being Deleted in Vista and Windows 7 when Dual Booting with XP don't know if it is still valid. but when I set mine up a couple of years back it was certainly an issue.
    Art
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  6. Posts : 7
    Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #26

    Thanks...


    ...I'll check that out.
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