Quick 'second hard drive' question!!!

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Michael

Hi,
i've got an 80gig ide drive and have just bought
another.(WinME).....

My plan:

The old one has three partitions (c,d,e). I've want to wipe everything
from the boot partition and leave data in d and e and remove it. I
install the new drive and give it 3 partitions and install windows on
it. I then add the old drive to the system as a slave drive.

Question:

Will windows just shift all the drive letters of the old drive up and
let me move data between them, or is it going to make it more
complicated for me?

Thanks,
Mike
 
In Michael felt the need to put finger to keyboard and typed:
Question:

Will windows just shift all the drive letters of the old drive up and
let me move data between them, or is it going to make it more
complicated for me?
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As far as I know, Win98/Me assigns drive letters on the basis of the Primary
Partition on the Primary Master is C. Thereafter, any other primary
partitions would be D, etc. It then allocates the first logical partition
on the first drive the next free letter, and so on until you either run out
of drives or letters ;o)

You might want to take a look at this guide on Microsoft's website
http://makeashorterlink.com/?S15422125

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks guys, exactly what I needed to know! When the new hdd gets here
on Tuesday i'll let you know what i messed up! ;-)

Regards.
Mike
 
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