Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:50:11 -0400 From: Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [DOS-DISCUSS] AT HDD upgrade (:
BIG CAUTION: DriveSpace and other drive compression programs create a HIDDEN partition, D:, in which the compressed files are saved, and by smoke and mirrors the other drives are identified as if the hidden D: drive did not exist. This is transparent as you *think* that all your files are on drive C:, when, in fact, only the uncompressed files that you are using are on drive C:. MAKE SURE that you fully understand DriveSpace and what happens if you copy files to another drive; are they copied uncompressed or are they copied as compressed files? If they are copied as compressed files, they may permanently be unusable. *does anyone have answers to the above questions? can I upgrade(copy) a HDD that is compressed with DriveSpace?? Before you do anything, you need to have a greater depth of knowledge of your computer and operating system than it seems you have. I would suggest that you get a copy of Scott Mueller's book, "Upgrading and Repairing PCs," the older the better, and at least prior to the 6th edition, before you start trying to add HD's and copying files from one HD to the other. *I will *try* and get this book... Thank you, Andy HTH Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona Andy wrote: . > yes, I could do this... 'A: drive' is my 3 1/2 inch floppy; 'B: drive' . > is a 5 1/2 floppy drive; 'C: drive' is the 340 MB HDD; 'D: drive' is a 4x . > CD-ROM; 'E: drive' is my zip 100 MB parallel port zip drive... how would i . > put it into the machine as D: or one of these other drive letters? i mean . > the D: CD-ROM requires special drivers in my autoexec.bat to be . > recognized.. how would i get a replacement temp. slave? drive recognized . > in order to copy C:?? (the 2 floppy drives and the C: HDD don't need any . > special drivers to be recognized) what would I use to copy C:?? XCOPY?? . > could I use XCOPY /S and my zip drive to make an image/back-up of C:? . > would/is there be a prompt using XCOPY to insert a new zip disk when one . > 100 MB zip disk got full as I attempt to back-up/image my 340 MB C:? . > how does one 'format as bootable'? is there an option in the DOS FORMAT . > command? then I guess i would use fdisk to partition it? please remember . > i am using Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
