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partitioning HD in WinME
First thing, let's not clutter the thread with opinions of WinME. If you must say something about my choice of OS, email me directly and spare the innocent bystanders
I have a copy of the MB EPC disks that I'd like to... umm... evaluate on my PC. I don't have a bay for a second CD drive so I'm considering the option of making partitions for the contents of th CDs. Question is, I don't know how to make partitions in WinME. The last time I did anything like this was on an 8086 machine way back when. What I'd really like is to be able to make the partitions without disrupting my current set-up or having to reinstall all the software and settings I have on the PC. Is there a native Windows utility for this (I don't think so)? Is there idiot-proof software that can help? Thanks, Sixto 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD 01 Celeron 633 |
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Get Partition Magic and call it good.
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www.powerquest.com
There is absolutly no substitute for PM. It will partition, format, manage file structure and do the dishes. |
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It won't work if you just create a directory and dump the contents of the CD in there?
Ken300D P.S. Windows ME is an operating system that does not know its father. |
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According to others including Steve Brotherton, it only works if the PC thinks you have each CD in it's own drive.
Now the decision is $35 for Partition Magic or $30 for a USB external drive enclosure for on old IDE CD drive? I was hoping there was a way to assign a drive letter to a directory but not one has coughed up that suggestion. My father has changed a lot from the person who co-raised me. I hardly know him now. Am I SixtoME? Sixto 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD |
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I've been using NT and xp for years, but can't you create a virtual drive in ME?
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What about VirtualDrive?
Sixto 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD |
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This one is freeware. Worth a try eh http://www.webattack.com/get/vdrivecreator.shtml
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whew! could that site have any more "cookies"? I almost ran out of digital milk!
Anyone still running Win 9x ~ ME should have Partition Magic as a basic utility. |
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winME s#cks!
what i can't say that? oh ok... have you tried the old dos command "subst"? subst z: directory example: subst z: c:\subcd copy the cd to c:\subcd and the "z:" drive will then be the contents of that directory. stick in your autoexec.bat to make it come up everytime.
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----- . . . have you tried the old dos command "subst"? subst z: directory example: subst z: c:\subcd copy the cd to c:\subcd and the "z:" drive will then be the contents of that directory. stick in your autoexec.bat to make it come up everytime. ----- Can somebody explain what that last part means? (stick in your autoexec.bat...) Thanx |
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Re: partitioning HD in WinME
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Ron http://germanstar.net |
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Ron http://germanstar.net |
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