XP Pro install to D:

[Tuffrabbit]

Haven't been able to sucessfully load XP Pro to drive letter D: on clean HDD. After partioning C:, D:, E; ect. and choosing D: to load O/S on, windows always defaults to drive letter C:. Once loaded, disk management won't allow the boot drive letter to be changed either... Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated, thanks !

 

[Navid]

The best drive letter for Windows is C.
This is because the default program install drive letter is C.

Why would you want Windows to be on D?

 

[Tuffrabbit]

Quote; Why would you want Windows to be on D?

HP configured one of my computers this way and it worked great. The OS was isolated from the general programs in this way and also made defrag run much quicker. Also in case of a possible corruption in the OS the partition containing this can be re-zeroed and system reloaded, without interupting the general programs... A remote but still valid consideration is the finding that hackers online will generally target the C: drive because it is the most prevalent one with the operating system installed...

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Tuffrabbit
Quote; Why would you want Windows to be on D?

HP configured one of my computers this way and it worked great. The OS was isolated from the general programs in this way and also made defrag run much quicker. Also in case of a possible corruption in the OS the partition containing this can be re-zeroed and system reloaded, without interupting the general programs... A remote but still valid consideration is the finding that hackers online will generally target the C: drive because it is the most prevalent one with the operating system installed...

Everything you just wrote is a load of bull. Sorry.

 

[mancunian]

Originally posted by: Tuffrabbit
Quote; Why would you want Windows to be on D?

HP configured one of my computers this way and it worked great. The OS was isolated from the general programs in this way and also made defrag run much quicker. Also in case of a possible corruption in the OS the partition containing this can be re-zeroed and system reloaded, without interupting the general programs... A remote but still valid consideration is the finding that hackers online will generally target the C: drive because it is the most prevalent one with the operating system installed...

Jeez, what a load of bull$hit.

 

[Tuffrabbit]

Ok then, thanks anyway for taking the time to reply... Tonight after work I'm going to stop by our local custom computer build shop to hopefully find out how to accomplish said OS loading with drive letter D:...
Ta Ta for now...

 

[Navid]

If you want to have the OS on a different partition than data, you are best off putting the OS on C and the data on D.

 

[Bozo]

Originally posted by: Navid
If you want to have the OS on a different partition than data, you are best off putting the OS on C and the data on D.

You can also install you programs on D with the OS on C

Bozo 😀

 

[Navid]

 

[Nocturnal]

I've had issues where Windows was installed to say H: and for a lot of programs, they just would not install as it was constantly looking for the actual C: drive.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: Bozo

Originally posted by: Navid
If you want to have the OS on a different partition than data, you are best off putting the OS on C and the data on D.

You can also install you programs on D with the OS on C

Bozo 😀

That is what I always did on my Windows box. Windows, Office, antivirus, and a couple other large apps on C. Everything else gets installed on D, all the downloads, music, videos and other such things were on their own, other partitions. Never had any problems with it, and gave the me the peace of mind that should something come up (virus, file loss, etc.) I could disconnect my storage drive, scan it on a separate system to make sure it was clean, then format just the C partition. It minimizes the amount of time that I have to spend after a format.

Its even easier on my Mac since OS X doesnt care where files get installed since the whole program is contained within itself (The icon for the app is actually a folder. You double click it to run it, but all of the program is inside that icon/folder/launcher thingy) and it only needs the OS partition for preferences and whatnot.