Hello mark,
On Sun, 14 May 2006 02:37:19 -0400 GMT (14/05/2006, 13:37 +0700 GMT),
mark davidson wrote:
md> you don't mention the version of windows you're running or if the
md> partitions on the new hdd will be logical or primary.
md> no matter, i think your assumption is incorrect ... at least for win2k and
winxp.
The first partition on the new HDD will be primary, the second
logical. Does it matter?
WinXP SP2.
md> via disk management, you have the ability to assign/reassign
md> drive letters as you see fit. i have 8 hdd's and do it all
md> the time. check it out ... settings -> control panel ->
-> Performance and Maintenance
md> administrative tools -> computer management -> disk management.
Great! I never knew that.
Here at home, I have two physical HDD, Disk 0 apparently hosting
drives C, D, E, F. Disk 1 hosts drives H and I. So this would
contradict my assumption that the first partition of the second disk
will get the drive letter D.
I also have two partitions on Disk 0 that show "Healthy (Unknown
partition)". One is 502MB, the other a whopping 11.83GB, both of them
100% free. What are these partitions? Right-clicking on them allows me
to "delete logical drive". Do I want to do that to have access to the
space the space?
md> if drive letters aren't the way you want them after installing
md> the new hdd, temporarily reassign a new letter to the
md> partition with the letter you want (e.g., D -> Q) ... that frees
md> up D for reassignment. then go to E, make it D, go to Q,
md> make it E, and so on.
Thanks, I will give exactly that a try when I get the second disk in
the office. I hope it doesn't erase anything.
md> drop me a line off list if i'm not being clear.
--
Cheers,
Thomas.
"Wenn ich nur darf, wenn ich soll, aber nie kann, wenn ich will, dann
mag ich auch nicht, wenn ich muss. Wenn ich aber darf, wenn ich will,
dann mag ich auch, wenn ich soll und dann kann ich auch, wenn ich
muss. Denn schliesslich: Die, die koennen sollen, muessen wollen
duerfen."
http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/
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