vista to "d" side

markirk9 · 13th Dec 2007, 09:31 AM

i`m new to this forum, so bear with me please. i have a partitioned harddrive in which the "c" side is used up, mostly. the "d" side has 129 gigs of free space. can i install vista home premium to the "d" side? this computer is above all the system requirements.

Dashken · 13th Dec 2007, 09:48 AM

There should be no problem installing it to the D side. Vista will assign the drive letter and partition # to boot from accordingly. But just remember when you are installing software, some software may just install it by default to C drive.

But if it's me, and the C drive only consists of data, I'd move out the data and create a fresh 2 partitions and install the OS on C and move my data back to D. So that I don't have to worry accidentally install software on the data partition and again accidentally delete it. Accidents happen...

markirk9 · 13th Dec 2007, 11:21 AM

thank you for the response.

zy · 13th Dec 2007, 01:32 PM

i have dual boot.

XP & Vista.

when i boot up, XP will read the XP Drive as C. Vista drive as D.
when i boot up Vista, XP drive will be D, XP Drive will be C.

PsYkHoTiK · 13th Dec 2007, 02:15 PM

I read that dual booting off a single drive can corrupt the MBR/NTLDR?

ZuePhok · 13th Dec 2007, 02:18 PM

it's time to call for V!

KVM, or virtual box

psy: not if you install the OS according to the proper sequence

13th Dec 2007, 09:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
markirk9 Newbie Join Date: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	vista to "d" side i`m new to this forum, so bear with me please. i have a partitioned harddrive in which the "c" side is used up, mostly. the "d" side has 129 gigs of free space. can i install vista home premium to the "d" side? this computer is above all the system requirements.

13th Dec 2007, 09:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,227 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	There should be no problem installing it to the D side. Vista will assign the drive letter and partition # to boot from accordingly. But just remember when you are installing software, some software may just install it by default to C drive. But if it's me, and the C drive only consists of data, I'd move out the data and create a fresh 2 partitions and install the OS on C and move my data back to D. So that I don't have to worry accidentally install software on the data partition and again accidentally delete it. Accidents happen... __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

13th Dec 2007, 01:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Buffalo NY / Penang MY Posts: 13,305 Reputation: 2158 Rep Power: 41	i have dual boot. XP & Vista. when i boot up, XP will read the XP Drive as C. Vista drive as D. when i boot up Vista, XP drive will be D, XP Drive will be C. __________________

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PsYkHoTiK "Little" Devil Join Date: 8 Apr 2004 Location: On the "throne" Posts: 14,651 Reputation: 4442 Rep Power: 64	I read that dual booting off a single drive can corrupt the MBR/NTLDR? __________________ Intel SLAPL 4.3GHz @ 1.35v : 2x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 : Asus P5K Premium : WD RE3 250GB x2 RAID 0 : 3ware 9650SE-2LP : G92 8800GTS 512mb 820MHz Core : XFi Platinum : Silverstone OP650 : Silverstone TJ-07 : Dtek FuZion CPU : Swiftech MCW60 : MCP655 : Thermochill PA120.3 w Scythe Ultra Kaze CPU-Z: SLAPL : SLA9U : FX-55 : DDR 600 : VX www.techarp.com PsYkHoTiK's Meanderings

13th Dec 2007, 02:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,730 Reputation: 3155 Rep Power: 46	it's time to call for V! KVM, or virtual box psy: not if you install the OS according to the proper sequence __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

13th Dec 2007, 11:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
markirk9 Newbie Join Date: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	thank you for the response.

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