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vivalamickey: Hi , I have installed the Lion Theme for windows and i didnt do the point restore ,there is any way to comeback to windows if i dont like it or i have to install windows again?
Thanks Rickjaard
vivalamickey: Hi , I have installed the Lion Theme for windows and i didnt do the point restore ,there is any way to comeback to windows if i dont like it or i have to install windows again?
Thanks Rickjaard
Hi Guys,
I came across this thread when searching how to change the Boot partition letter. However it is not quite covering my problem, but no luck anywhere else.
I've attached my Comp Management snip.
I would like to change my K: partition back to F: (W7 changed it to K: for some reason), I can reinstall programs if need be but would prefer not to have to reinstall W7.
FYI:
I have W7 Windows folder on K:.
I have XP Windows folder on C: and another on G:.
I moved the W7 boot files to S: to avoid W7 backups getting too large.
You cannot change an OS partition drive letter without ruining the OS, no matter what anyone claims.
In your case you apparently installed Win7 from another OS so that it doesn't see itself as C as it will when correctly installed from boot. Always install an OS from boot to take this advantage.
Your option now is to boot the installer to reinstall Win7 from boot. This will place Win7 on C whenever it is booted and reconfigure the multi-boot menu for the other OS's.
Greg,
Thanks for the quick reply.
So, if I understand you correctly, after reinstalling W7 from the DVD it will always assign the drive letter C: to itself when it boots up?
When I installed my second XP from the boot CD (before W7 was installed), this came up as G:. Only the first XP install comes up as C:
Kevin
XPired is not as advanced so will take the next drive letter whether booted or not.
Win7 is engineered to always be C when installer is booted, and when seen from the other OS's takes a virtual letter which is insignificant.
Actually the sata connections do have something to do with which disk to boot from, if it is a system bought after august 2011, since that is when all comp manu's were to comply with sata 3 compat standard and the blue sata hook up is the primary drive as far as the mobo is concerned and will send a "operating System not found error" if the boot volume isn't on that drive and from the post it is trying to follow by marking that volume as active
In what OEM brands does the Recovery or Tools get placed in the 100mb System Reserved partition to which I am referring? The only thing that fits there is the boot files.
OEM drivers stored in a partition or drivers disk are out of date almost as soon as they're shipped. Win7 is driver-complete in it's installer and via optional Updates, and the latest OEM drivers if needed are on the model's Support Downloads webpage. Drivers in Factory Recovery are baked into the image.
Stick around and read to learn how the most influential installation and repair methods were developed over three years here before disputing them in your third post.
Last edited by gregrocker; 14 Jan 2014 at 22:45.
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Last edited by PCamateur; 08 Aug 2012 at 19:27.
Ran into same issue as drakmyth and followed SIW's instructions, worked like a charm! Thx!