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BooUrns Buster Beetle                   Since: 05-07-06 From: The CS Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6287 days |
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| My family's computer has one partition with Windows XP installed on it. For reasons I'd rather not go into, I need to create another partition and install another copy of XP on it. I would assume that Windows would assign the letter D: to the new partition. However, the new copy of XP *needs* to see itself as being installed on drive C:.
So what I want is to be able to dual-boot two copies of XP, with both of them "thinking" they are installed on C:. Is this even possible? |
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos    Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| It's probably possible, but why do you *need* to do that? (actually, I wonder why you need to have a second copy of WinXP) | |||
Black Lord + Flurry Since: 11-17-05 From: Where indians still roam... Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6288 days |
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Originally posted by FreeDOS + Or better yet, why would you want to have a second copy of WinXP? |
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Kailieann Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| Your copy of XP is defective. I ran XP on drive D: with no C drive whatsoever for over a year. | |||
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||bass Administrator  Since: 11-17-05 From: Salem, Connecticut Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| Kai is right. Your copy of XP must be defective because there is absolutely no reason the OS needs to be installed on 'C'.
On a personal note, this whole mess is part of the reason I think drive letters are retarded. (edited by ||bass on 02-03-07 10:44 AM) |
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BooUrns Buster Beetle Since: 05-07-06 From: The CS Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6287 days |
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| *sigh* All right, I'll explain why I want to do this.
I'm thinking of reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling everything because it's four years old and has really slowed down. (And yes, I have defragmented, checked for spyware, etc.) But there's one problem. There's an expensive piece of software that we lost the install disk for. What I wanted to do was try to transfer all the program's files and registry settings manually onto a clean installation of Windows XP to see if that would work. The program "knows" it is installed on C, so I know it would not work if I transferred everything to an installation of XP that is on drive D. I suppose I could try transferring all the files to a virtual machine, and see if that works. |
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Kailieann Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| Make a backup of the program's registy entries. It's not that difficult.
And most programs will recreate the registry entries if they're missing, anyways. |
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BooUrns Buster Beetle Since: 05-07-06 From: The CS Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6287 days |
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| Yes, I've made all the backups and everything. I just want a way to test it out before I wipe out the hard drive. If it didn't work for some reason, we'd be left without a program. I guess I'll test it in a virtual machine. I don't know why I didn't think of that before. | |||
emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| If you payed for the software once and just misplaced the cd, there's nothing wrong with downloading the CD iso with a torrent or filesharing program. | |||
HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| If you have all that extra space, then why not just copy all of C: to this new partition, reinstall, and copy back the programs' files as necessary?
You might also be able to call the manufacturers for replacement CDs if you have the serial numbers. (edited by Alice on 02-05-07 07:07 PM) |
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