Second Drive (nn-standard use has me confused!)

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I've always run a second drive as a slave - to add extra partitions
for needed space.

I'm adding drive 01 now (80 Gig) -- but I'm a bit confused as I don't
plan on 'intgegrating' it with drive 0 (40 Gig) as I have in the past..

First? I have a bunch of partitions on drive 0: .. C:\ through P:\ not
counting the ROM. (Don't get hung up on that...)

The plan was to 'duplicate' the drive letters for backup (not a mirror)
on the new drive.

However? While I won't be booting to drive 1, I will have a conflict
with the parttions/duplicat drive letters -- No?. I know when I
intitially format/copy the contents over to 1, I can "hide' the
partitions...

But -- how will I be able copy the contents over to drive 1 in the
future (If the partitions are hidden upon setup?) as I with to use it as
backup/storage of drive 0.

Second?

I don't plan on using 'all' of drive 1 as a clone. I'd like to enlarge
the partitions on 2, but leave space for mass storage for media.

So, how do I have a second drive that is a 'clone' (don't the partitions
have to be hidden if they share letters with drive 0? -- meaning I can't
copy 0 over to the second drive)?

So, when I install/format drive 1? How will I force the same
configuration (with larger partitions) without hiding them which will
disallow future use to copy to?

I recall either Drive Copy or PM allows that - I hide the drive letters
of drive 1upon format/copy (which will prevent me from copying to drive 1?!)

This can't be a unique situation -- I just can't wrap my pea brain
around it.

How does run a 'slave' that is a' partial' clone (for backup/storage for
driv 0) and the remainder as 'new' partitions that will interact with
the boot drive?

!!! BTW -- I've always set up the 'slave' as a 'master' on the
second IDE. I currently have a Dell 2400 and the Rom is the master on
the second master -- I believe I have to patch the new drive to the old
one (two IDE ports, one for the HD/1) for the ROM. I recall my old box
as having 4 slots for each IDE device?)

Michael
 
XP will asign any/all partitions and drive letters as it is installed into the
system,you'd need to make the drive(s)(partitions) active first,otherwise
its really not combined to the os.To make active,go to run,type:diskmgmt.msc
In msc,L.click a partition or drive,actions,all,select,make active.
 
Andrew said:
XP will asign any/all partitions and drive letters as it is installed into the
system,you'd need to make the drive(s)(partitions) active first,otherwise
its really not combined to the os.To make active,go to run,type:diskmgmt.msc
In msc,L.click a partition or drive,actions,all,select,make active.
Click to expand...

Thanks, but how is that my 'problem'? I do not simply want to slave a
new drive - I don't need XP for that anyway.

Plus disk management is not going to asign duplicte drive letters as are
on the master. How can I back up on drive letter (partition) to another
letter on another drive? I didn't want to simply place a back-up file
there -- I wanted it to be a clone of drive 0. If drive ) fails? I
simply pull it and plug in drive1.

I want to use 'duplicate' partitions (and Drive letters) on part of the
new drive (it's double the size of drive 0) and use the remaing space
for media storage. No, I seem to think it will not be a 'standard'
second drive as you may think.

I added bunches of slave drives ( or masters on the secondary channel).
I can handle that.

I think if you read my note below? I doubt if the standard method of
slaving a drive will allow me to backup to the same drive letters on the
new drive, drive 1.
 
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