Solved Windows 7 x64 Dual Boot With Vista x86 Wierd Problem

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Hello there!

I'm glad I found this forum. Two days ago I installed Windows 7 Ultimate(x64) on drive D partition in my Vista laptop. Vista is on drive C. Everything is ok except that when I boot into Windows 7, the drive letter is changed to C and Vista to D.But everything seems perfectly fine. Also when I boot into Vista the drive again turns to C and Windows 7 to D. What seems to be the problem?Any ideas please? I tried to change the drive letters to no avail.

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jickis31
 

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jickis31 said:
Hello there!

I'm glad I found this forum. Two days ago I installed Windows 7 Ultimate(x64) on drive D partition in my Vista laptop. Vista is on drive C. Everything is ok except that when I boot into Windows 7, the drive letter is changed to C and Vista to D.But everything seems perfectly fine. Also when I boot into Vista the drive again turns to C and Windows 7 to D. What seems to be the problem?Any ideas please? I tried to change the drive letters to no avail.

regards,

jickis31
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Its no problem. that is the way it is supposed to be. Is it causing you any problems?
 

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Hello jickis31 Welcome to the Seven Forums!

There is no problem being seen with the drive letters. Once you boot into one version in a dual boot setup you should be seeing the other version as D or another preferred drive letter leaving D reserved for the optical drive. You want the Windows you are booted into at the time to be seeing itself as C for sure! :D

For having Vista seen as E, F, G, or another letter a quick trip into the Windows 7 Disk Management tool and right clicking on the Vista volume there allows you to reassign a different drive letter of choice. Likewise while booted into Vista you can do the same for the 7 primary in the Vista DM. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82994-drive-letter-add-change-remove-windows-7-a.html
 

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Hey there,

Thank you for all your replies. Yes, I'm not having any problems with the change of drive letters on Windows 7/Vista boot ups. So I guess I leave it that way. Thanks everyone!

regards,

jickis31
 

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Intel Centrino 2 Dual Core P8400 2.26GHz
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Nvidia
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Hitachi
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