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To: jw who wrote (9927)	1/13/2000 7:02:00 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (3) of 14778

Go to a command prompt and run FDISK. Set the new drive as a primary partition. Reboot and format the new drive with the s switch i.e. Format D: /S (if D is your new drive). If you don't have an emergency start up diskette, make one now from CONTROL PANEL - ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS - CREATE START UP DISK. Select START - RUN and type in the OPEN field, XCOPY C:\. /E /H /K /R /C D: and click on OK. The switches are: /E copies directories and subdirectories even if empty. /H copies hidden and system files also./K retains the files attributes on copy. /R overwrites read only files. /C continues copying even if errors occur. When copy is done shut down system. my drives are C D E....F is my Cdrom, C,E are now on my primary drive(1) and D is my 2nd drive. I never figured out why my second drive didn't become E? when I added the 2nd drive the programs I had on my 2nd partition(D) of drive 1 became lost(shortcuts couldn't find etc.) because after adding the 2nd drive the computer starting reading it as E??? And drive 2 became D??? How can I avoid these problems this time? Best, Jeff

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