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To: greenspirit who wrote (10546)	7/9/2000 1:16:48 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

Mike, Partition Magic is good for partitioning. I bought it at an auction for under $30. You can adjust partition size after software installation without losing any files. Gottfried

To: greenspirit who wrote (10546)	7/9/2000 11:32:19 AM
From: Biggie Smalls	Respond to of 110645

hi mike, it looks like gottfried got to you first with some good advice. i can't speak for Partition Magic because i've never used it. but if it were my computer, i would: 1) format the old hard drive in DOS (FORMAT C:) 2) install the new drive as the master 3) boot the computer using a boot disk 4) use FDISK (a DOS utility) to partition the drive 5) install win98 6) install the second hard drive as a slave with partition magic it looks like you can skip steps 3 & 4. i wouldn't install win98 on the old hard drive because all of the system files would then reside on the (i'm assuming) slower drive. install win 98 on the new drive. i know what you mean by "protecting the operating system" but for all intents and purposes, a drive partitioned into two parts is like having two drives (eg. you can format one partition and not the other). so even if your kids' games are on the same physical drive as win98, they are effectively on a separate disk. while you're at it, you might wanna boost the RAM a bit. hope this helps, big EDIT on second thought, move step 1 so that it's after step 6. format the old drive after you get the new one up and running.