Confused Drive Letters

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Name: justin
Date: January 30, 2002 at 04:47:32 Pacific
Subject: Confused Drive Letters

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Can anyone explain this odd problem? I’ve set up a dual boot with Win Xp and Win 98 on one drive, and i also added a second hard drive with no OS on it, just formatted to FAT 32.
When i boot into Win XP, the drive configuration is C:Win98, D:Win XP, E:Extra Drive, F:CD Rom, G:CD Rom. All ok.
However if i boot through Win 98, the sequence is C: Win 98, D:Extra Drive, E:Win XP, F:CD Rom, G:CD Rom.
Can anyone explain why the letters get jumbled up. All the drives are in FAT32 format. I dont to go installing programs like GoBack across two different OS, when the drive letters get mixed up like this.
Thanks for any help

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Response Number 1

Name: fred
Date: January 30, 2002 at 08:43:59 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

yep, that's normal
dos/9x will see the 1st partition/1st hdd
then 1st partition/2nd hdd
then back to 1st hdd

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Response Number 2

Name: John Callahan
Date: February 2, 2002 at 12:53:55 Pacific

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Yes, Win XP reads the drives exactly as they are set-up and installed, whereas earlier versions translate the drives to a "logical" order. Personally, I prefer reality as XP gives it to you.
John

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