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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (983)	6/1/1998 10:23:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Respond to of 14778

"Assuming three drives. The first one is NTFS, the second FAT 32 and the third FAT 16 . The BIOS looks at the drives in the above order. I then boot NT. What drive letter designation does the last drive get D:? (Reason is FAT 32 drive is not recognized.)" By default, probably (tho I have not tested this--never used FAT32 nor seen documentation as to how NT would respond to it.) But it would be an easy matter to correct, using disk administrator. Just be sure you make this drive letter correction before installing any apps into that NT installation. I certainly can appreciate your desire to experiment freely at home, with a minimum of reconfiguration hassles. I also agree about the challenge sorting out all the new opportunities that new bioses, cheap hard drives, etc. will afford. Needless to say, you're more than welcome to my input--the appreciation is mutual. I'm looking forward to hearing what kinds of decisions you make. Regards, Dave

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (983)	6/2/1998 12:42:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>> I experiment a lot ( would like to experiment more ). With separate physical drives I stand a better chance of having a working machine if I screw something up. Maybe it's part of a backup plan. The hours I spend rebuilding configurations would better be spent elsewhere.<< PowerQuest has a new product coming out in June called Guardian Angel. PowerQuest is the same company that sells Drive Image and Partition Magic. According to an add in the June 30, 1998 edition of PC Magazine it allows you to: "Install new software or change configurations with the assurance that if problems arise, you can restore the original settings immediately or wait to restore them after further testing." To get more information on Guardian Angel go to powerquest.com click on search and enter Guardian Angel in the Query Box. PowerQuest has not yet included Guardian Angel in their product list. If Guardian Angel lives up to its advertising claims it could help you in your experimentation Zeuspaul. However, Guardian Angel is only designed to work with Win 95 and 98. Other claims are: "Guardian Angel provides an intelligent safety net for all system owners installing new applications on their PC. Whenever a new application is added to the system, Guardian Angel will notify the user if possible conflicts with other applications or configuration changes may occur. Guardian Angel will also create a system bookmark, allowing the user to test the new application, and later undo the installation if it does cause problems."