Don Henthorn Smithville, TX
12-26-2003, 2:41 PM
OT: Cpmputer drive problem.
Got a complex problem. I have two 20g hard drives one of which was the C drive and the
other is partitioned in three equal parts. I say the master drive WAS the C drive because I
reinstalled the OS because of a corrupted file. Low and behold, I discovered that during
the reinstall XP changed the letters of my drives. The former 20G C: drive is now the D:
drive and the first partition of the second drive is now the C: drive. And XP didn’t even
ask me if I wanted that change made. There are two changes I would like to make. The
first involves getting the master 20G hard drive back as my C: drive. On the second
drive, and I don’t know if this is possible, I would lke to remove the partitions and keep
as backup for the C: drive. That way I would have the operating system on both drives so
if one drive goes kaput I would sttill be able to boot and use the computer. I guess I
should add a third want. I would also lke to reinstall Win98SE and have two operating
systems so I can use some of the hardware and software that won’t work with XP. If
anyone has ideas contact me by email so as not to tie up SMC bandwidth. Thanks for any
help.
Got a complex problem. I have two 20g hard drives one of which was the C drive and the
other is partitioned in three equal parts. I say the master drive WAS the C drive because I
reinstalled the OS because of a corrupted file. Low and behold, I discovered that during
the reinstall XP changed the letters of my drives. The former 20G C: drive is now the D:
drive and the first partition of the second drive is now the C: drive. And XP didn’t even
ask me if I wanted that change made. There are two changes I would like to make. The
first involves getting the master 20G hard drive back as my C: drive. On the second
drive, and I don’t know if this is possible, I would lke to remove the partitions and keep
as backup for the C: drive. That way I would have the operating system on both drives so
if one drive goes kaput I would sttill be able to boot and use the computer. I guess I
should add a third want. I would also lke to reinstall Win98SE and have two operating
systems so I can use some of the hardware and software that won’t work with XP. If
anyone has ideas contact me by email so as not to tie up SMC bandwidth. Thanks for any
help.