Problem with drive letters

[soldano]

I am using Win XP32, and installed Win XP64 in a new partition.-
The problem is that when the installer asked to select one of the 4 existing partitions to install the new OS, the drive letters didnt match the actual ones, thus resulting in different letters between both OS.- It is not dramatic, but annoying because it altered my disks order in the new OS.-
I tried changing the XP64 partition letter from the Windows disk manager, but it denies it as it is a booting partition.-
Is there a way to prevent this ?
Thanks

 

[corkyg]

Not really. Each drive must have a separate letter including all partitions on the same HDD. A better solution would be separate HDDs. Then each could have the OS on C.

 

[soldano]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Not really. Each drive must have a separate letter including all partitions on the same HDD. A better solution would be separate HDDs. Then each could have the OS on C.

I think there is a missunderstanding.- The situation is:
I have my first disk with 3 partitions: C, D and F, this last one was created to fit Win XP64.-My second disk with a unique partition E.-
At the installation process, when the installer offers to chose the partition in which the new OS should be installed, I noticed that strangely all the partition letters, except C were diferent, so I had no other alternative to carry on with the installation on partition E, which was really F, and so it resulted in different letters between both OS, with the exception of C.-
My question is: Is it possible to prevent that shifting of the partition letters at the installation ?
Thanks

 

[Nothinman]

My question is: Is it possible to prevent that shifting of the partition letters at the installation ?

Not really, the only way is to remove all of the other drives from the system and since your one drive still has 3 partitions they'll still be subject to Windows' naming decision.

 

[soldano]

Thanks Nothinman