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To: Spots who wrote (1031)	6/3/1998 1:42:00 PM
From: Peter H. Hodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Spots...thanks for the detailed answer. I'll put the cover back on (was off due to installation of new hard drive) and won't worry when I change master to slave and vica versa. I would of expected MS to foresee this problem. Wonder if 98 or NT has an automatic solution to re-lettering?

To: Spots who wrote (1031)	6/4/1998 10:06:00 AM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Quick minor clarification on drive lettering sequence "When you make the new drive the master (assuming you make your current master the slave without reformatting), your current D will become C, C will become D, and E will remain E (because it will still be the second partition on a drive; the first partition on each drive gets a letter before any additional partitions get one)." This is of course right generally speaking. Technically, though, the reason should read that the first _available primary_ partition "on each drive gets a letter before any additional partitions get one." I mention this quibble only because it suggests a couple of workarounds. One could either hide the primary partition on the second drive, thereby saving "d:" for the first _logical_ partition on the drive; or (more esoteric) one could reformat make the old c: a logical partition, using products like partition magic/drive image. (These workarounds have come in handy for me on occasion.)