Accessing programs on 'e' drive once new drive installed

[The Old Timer]

I have a PC with a hard drive that is partitioned into 3. XP is 'c', ('d'
is DVD burner) . 'e' has my programs & 'f' is data.

If I were to put a second physical drive in I understand that it would
become 'e', then the current 'e' becomes 'f' etc.

If I were to do this what happens with my programs that are currently on
'c'? Would I still be able to access them? If not is there a way around
this problem?

 

[Freddy]

I have a PC with a hard drive that is partitioned into 3. XP is 'c', ('d'
is DVD burner) . 'e' has my programs & 'f' is data.

If I were to put a second physical drive in I understand that it would
become 'e', then the current 'e' becomes 'f' etc.

If I were to do this what happens with my programs that are currently on
'c'? Would I still be able to access them? If not is there a way around
this problem?

Hi

What os do you have?

Freddy

 

[The Old Timer]

XP Pro.

Hi

What os do you have?

Freddy

 

[Sharon F]

I have a PC with a hard drive that is partitioned into 3. XP is 'c', ('d'
is DVD burner) . 'e' has my programs & 'f' is data.

If I were to put a second physical drive in I understand that it would
become 'e', then the current 'e' becomes 'f' etc.

If I were to do this what happens with my programs that are currently on
'c'? Would I still be able to access them? If not is there a way around
this problem?

If you were using Win9x, that is what would happen. With XP, the new drive
will most likely show up as G: If it doesn't, you can use Disk Manager in
Administrative Tools to reassign letters. The only drive you won't be able
to change the letter on is C: since this is your boot and system drive.

 

[The Old Timer]

Thanks for that info. I have only just discovered Disk Management tools. I
see they can do several things like creating partitions. Would I be correct
in assuming that these functions only go so far & that if you wished to do
things like change a partitions size what had data in it you would still
need to use something like Partition Magic?

 

[Sharon F]

Thanks for that info. I have only just discovered Disk Management tools. I
see they can do several things like creating partitions. Would I be correct
in assuming that these functions only go so far & that if you wished to do
things like change a partitions size what had data in it you would still
need to use something like Partition Magic?

Yes, these tools are limited in much the same ways that fdisk was limited
in Win9x. To resize partitions without losing the data stored on them,
Partition Magic or similar would be the way to go.