I lied. Earlier today I booted to Vista, copied the files from data root to XP root and then moved from Data root to a new folder. I then launched ezBCD and reinstalled the MBR. I then used Acronis DDS to convert data drive to logical drive and XP drive to primary then rebooted to Vista, XP and then Acronis DDS CD. Disk letter assignments are still screwy. Next time I turn off the computer I will swap cables around on the two drives and see what happens. Don -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:00 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Velly Intwesting I am going to leave well enough alone for now. I will image the entire drive sector by sector to an external drive and do regular incremental backups. Since I use mostly portable apps and store almost everything on an external drive it is not a major inconvenience if problems arise later. A simple restore or I could even do a full clean install of both systems using my nLite and vLite install disks. My next adventure is placing the Outlook mail store and contacts on my external drive. Don P.S. Whatever happened to that wild and reckless maverick I used to know and love and hate? --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------