manuleka 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 i formatted the deleted C:\ (system) Partition of my laptop (which had Windows Vista on C:\ and Data on D:\ ) for a fresh installation of Windows XP... then there were something wrong with my installation media... so i retried installation process with another media, but when it comes to creating a system partition for installation i get the D: drive letter for the deleted partition and C: for the data partitionis there a way of changing the drive letters before i install Windows XP? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 Now you should delete the wrong partition (the system one, not the data one).Then, when installing, create a new partition for the installation, this partition will be named c:Another way : when booting off the install media, it should ask you where you want to install : on an existing partition (what occured) or delete the existing partition, or create a new one.Of course, you should give easy names to the partitions, in order to clearly see which one has to be destroyed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manuleka 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 what i mean is, i want the Data partition to be D: drive still... but it seems like it's getting the C: drive letter and D: for the deleted partition (which was C:) and will be the partition i want Windows XP on (system)so i'm wondering if there's a way of changing these drive letters around on Windows XP Installation process?and i know from experience, if i format drive D: (the previously but deleted C:) on reboot Windows XP will stay with D: letter... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manuleka 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2011 - the other option is to copy all data and reformat/repartition hd then copy them back after installation but i don't want to go through the hassle of that process Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FirefoxRocks 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2011 It shouldn't be that much of a hassle... I'd recommend backing up your files from the "D:" partition to an external hard drive or something, use a Linux Live CD for this (I personally recommend Ubuntu but openSuSE or any other Linux Live CD will work fine).Perhaps I'll also recommend that you partition and format your hard disk using Gparted (again that's included with Ubuntu, not sure about other linux distributions. Note that since you're installing Windows, your partitions need to be formatted as NTFS. Now when you insert the Windows installation media and boot from that, your partitions will be ready to go and you can transfer your data back once Windows is installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manuleka 0 Report post Posted October 4, 2011 thanks guys... i used Bodhi Linux live CD to copy data before i format drive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
