WINDOGS

[Cyber Source]

win98 does it too
On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 07:56, Richard Hubbard wrote:
> It also depends on which version of Windo$e you have. 
> If you have Win2k or WinXP (sorry, i wasn't at the
> meeting, so I didn't seee), then you can reassign the
> drive letters to anything you want.  (hell, in win2k,
> M$ finally got religion and they allow you to mount a
> drive in an empty directory, so it looks like one big
> hard drive....I wonder where they got that
> idea?..duh!)
> 
> 
> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > I believe you should be able to change the drive
> > letter assignments in
> > the device manager of the system properties. If you
> > need help with that,
> > let me know
> > On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 23:33, shipdadip wrote:
> > > If u can get a copy of Partition MAgic, it has a
> > utility that will change
> > > all the references in the windows registry to the
> > drive letter u want.  I've
> > > used it and it works great..  Than u can just say
> > make all references to D
> > > point to F.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Scott Lawton" <green_man at bluefrog.biz>
> > > To: "NFLUG" <nflug at nflug.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 10:55 PM
> > > Subject: WINDOGS
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I got the machine home and put the drives in,
> > but it wouldn't detect the
> > > > Primary master. After 5 reboots and cable
> > position swapping, I have
> > > > determined that part of the problem must be a
> > bad IDE cable. If the
> > > > drives are in the bays, the BIOS will detect the
> > drive connected to the
> > > > plug at the end of the cable, but not the one
> > connected to the middle.
> > > > If that drive is left dangling by the cable,
> > instead of mounted in the
> > > > drive bay, all is fine. Go figure !!
> > > >
> > > > All my progam paths are screwed up now because
> > of the addition of the
> > > > second drive. What used to be D: is now F:. If 
> > I swap the jumpers so
> > > > what is master will be slave, and what is slave
> > will be master, in order
> > > > to make D be D again, will the blow out LiLo
> > again ?
> > > > There will still only be Mandrake and Win 98.
> > > >
> > > > I have unpartioned space left on the drive with
> > Win 98. Is it possible
> > > > to some how move the Mandrake "en masse" to that
> > space so I can try to
> > > > fix Windogs ?
> > > > Windogs is listed as a file now, not a
> > directory. I want to try to fix
> > > > it, and one of the install options on my old
> > copy of windows [ on 13
> > > > floppies ] is repair/replace missing or
> > corrupted files, but it would
> > > > rewrite the MBR again.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "We're all mentally ill - some people just hide
> > it better than others."
> > > > Stephen King
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > > Mozilla 1.0 mail on Windows 98 SE
> > > >
> > > >
> > -- 
> > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > 
> 
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