Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 10:03:18 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB]
At 05:50 PM 8/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:44:58 -0500 >From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB] > > >> >>Mine was to keep the OS separate from the applications, so I created another >"Programs" folder on a separate partition, into which I install all the programs that >give me a choice of where to install. This would seem to address the issues you've >mentioned. > > >That's what I do as well. >Windows, drivers, and system utils go in C, programs in D, and data in E. That way, I >only back up E, everything else is re-installable, and the OS stuff is clearly >delimited. If I loose D, I'm still up and running. Umm ... most things that'll destroy one partition will likely destroy the others too. That is things short of explicit formats and the like ... which are extremely unlikely to happen accidentally. Even if you irrecoverably lost D without affecting C, you'd likely need to reformat C as well anyway since many of your startup programs and reg entries won't be right anymore. I recommend that all programs for a particular OS be installed onto the same partition as that OS (except where space reasons such as the 8 gig boundary dictate that some things must be installed elsewhere) ... keeps things neat for dual boot setups and the like plus it gets around the inevitable problem of running out of space in one partition whilst having heaps in another (regardless of how well you plan your partitioning, that will ALWAYS happen, its an extension of Murphy's Law ;-) - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
