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- Bobb -
I've ghosted lots of drives , used OEM Drive CDs to install a disk, but this
is the first time that I had to use Windows to get a drive installed, so ...
Background: I had built Xp64 on my C drive and XP on my D partition (along
with the other stuff I had there : my backup / library) last week. I was
debating ghosting to another drive and creating a third partition to better
organize and - bingo - today CompUSA had Maxtor 250Gb SATA drives for $59
after rebate , so I bought one - to replace the primary IDE drive. Rather
than ghosting, I've now got a bigger SATA drive and can just move the data
and at the same time create a new partition.
I ran the Maxtor utility CD to create 3 partitions on the SATA drive and
formatted them. Now comes the tricky part. I had to assign a letter to each
drive in order for windows to see it / to move " the stuff that I didn't
want in the XP partition" to this new 3rd partition.
so I started with C + E on IDE drive. I added the SATA drive - 3
partitions - drive letters = J,K,L .
#1 = Drive J = XP64
#2 = Drive K= xp Pro
#3 = Drive L = Library
I moved the data from the old partitions to the new ones using the Maxtor
app - which had to be installed in Windows. I then shutdown and
disconnected IDE drive and booted XP and Xp64 on the SATA drive. Looks
good, EXCEPT that I would like drives to be C = XP64 , D = XPPro , E=
Library , rather than J,K and L.
I changed drive L to E - fine. I can't change letters of the other 2
partitions as the first = " Healthy System" and the second = "Healthy Boot".
SO, I put IDE back in and boot it. Then I could change K drive to be D ,
good.
BUT how to get that J drive to be C ?? If I boot from either disk , it
senses that the first partiton is " Healthy Active " ( when not-booted) or
"Healthy Boot" when I DO boot from it. Either way I can't mess with the
first partition to change the letter.
This Maxtor utility CD got the data moved, but no help assigning drive
letters.
My past few drives were Seagates and I ran their app under windows, pulled
out the old drive and booted the new one - no problem. I think that adding
the partition is what's messing me up here.
Do I need to delete the J drive and ghost C to partititon #1 on SATA
standalone ?
While I'm at it : I have this set as "Basic Disk". With only one drive, do I
care to make it a "Dynamic Disk" ?
I've never had a need to play with dynamic disks - is it worth doing so ?
Bobb
is the first time that I had to use Windows to get a drive installed, so ...
Background: I had built Xp64 on my C drive and XP on my D partition (along
with the other stuff I had there : my backup / library) last week. I was
debating ghosting to another drive and creating a third partition to better
organize and - bingo - today CompUSA had Maxtor 250Gb SATA drives for $59
after rebate , so I bought one - to replace the primary IDE drive. Rather
than ghosting, I've now got a bigger SATA drive and can just move the data
and at the same time create a new partition.
I ran the Maxtor utility CD to create 3 partitions on the SATA drive and
formatted them. Now comes the tricky part. I had to assign a letter to each
drive in order for windows to see it / to move " the stuff that I didn't
want in the XP partition" to this new 3rd partition.
so I started with C + E on IDE drive. I added the SATA drive - 3
partitions - drive letters = J,K,L .
#1 = Drive J = XP64
#2 = Drive K= xp Pro
#3 = Drive L = Library
I moved the data from the old partitions to the new ones using the Maxtor
app - which had to be installed in Windows. I then shutdown and
disconnected IDE drive and booted XP and Xp64 on the SATA drive. Looks
good, EXCEPT that I would like drives to be C = XP64 , D = XPPro , E=
Library , rather than J,K and L.
I changed drive L to E - fine. I can't change letters of the other 2
partitions as the first = " Healthy System" and the second = "Healthy Boot".
SO, I put IDE back in and boot it. Then I could change K drive to be D ,
good.
BUT how to get that J drive to be C ?? If I boot from either disk , it
senses that the first partiton is " Healthy Active " ( when not-booted) or
"Healthy Boot" when I DO boot from it. Either way I can't mess with the
first partition to change the letter.
This Maxtor utility CD got the data moved, but no help assigning drive
letters.
My past few drives were Seagates and I ran their app under windows, pulled
out the old drive and booted the new one - no problem. I think that adding
the partition is what's messing me up here.
Do I need to delete the J drive and ghost C to partititon #1 on SATA
standalone ?
While I'm at it : I have this set as "Basic Disk". With only one drive, do I
care to make it a "Dynamic Disk" ?
I've never had a need to play with dynamic disks - is it worth doing so ?
Bobb