Ohh, bumpity.
So what's been happening with windows 7 since this?
There's a very good reason not to let you install two windows installs onto the same drive. Windows lives in the system directory (such as C:\windows and C:\WinNT), and also in C:\Program Files.
While you could rename the first one in previous versions of windows, you can't rename the other. There are many install scripts that have :\Progra~1 hardwired. Even if you can rename the drive, you can't rename that.
Microsoft windows is broken by design. Windows 7 seems to be the first that recognizes this and prevents installing multiple OS's to one drive.
And, how is this Windows' fault? I can only think of a few programs that do not let me choose where they go, and those are either drivers (fsck you, ATI) or highly integrated components (eg DirectX).
That you can't rename the letter of the install drive? Egads, I really though that since XP/NTFS the drive letter assignment was stored on the drive in the meta-data area; the old 95/98 system of inheriting whatever DOS assigned it was gone. Looks like it's still there. Sad.
Well, it makes sense that once you install Windows, you can't change the root drive's letter. The only annoying part is that it ensures that this drive is C.
I am also interested in your Windows 7 journey. Any news?
Nnnope. I'll be upgrading to it full-time once it's released, but until then, I don't have enough time to try out two operating systems.
