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Thread ID: 62719 2005-10-17 08:22:00 Hard Drive Partition Use JasonEdward (7129) Press F1
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397055 2005-10-17 09:50:00 Ummmm. No what, Homer?

Go drag what you want.. Just don't expect programs to work when dragged to another drive..

I think that is what is meant.

How would the registry figure this out. Another way would be to use the control panel and remove then reinstall on the D: drive.

There are other ways too.
Elephant (599)
397056 2005-10-17 10:02:00 Altho, not all programs like being installed to another partition besides C:

They'll either complain or wont run properly.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
397057 2005-10-18 00:24:00 It will be best to move data to your D partition, rather than trying to move programmes. You can teach a programme where its data have gone to much easier than you can convince the OS that a programme it installed on C:\ is now on D:\ ;) Graham L (2)
397058 2005-10-18 04:41:00 It will be best to move data to your D partition, rather than trying to move programmes. You can teach a programme where its data have gone to much easier than you can convince the OS that a programme it installed on C:\ is now on D:\ pressf1.pcworld.co.nz

Agreed 100%. Added advantage is that if a virus or other nasty attacks the C drive then the data is still safe. Better though to have two hard drives and have your data on both of them.

If one hard drive dies then you have your data. Unlikely that two hard drives will die at exactly the same time through wear and tear.

As always backup your data to CDS or DVDs as well.
Elephant (599)
397059 2005-10-18 07:44:00 Yeah, well, it tells me there a third FAT32 volume called RECOVERY of 1.76 gb Ït also tells me "Healthy Unknown Partition"whatever that means?



The Recovery Partition seems a bit big but it is just that, it contains tools to recover from a major meltdown - but what can you do if the meltdown is physical and you cannot access the hard disk at all. Dell did (does) this and Seagate used to put their install info on a "hidden" partition. Suggest copying for backup & Google for info on this one.

Good luck
Dusty (3931)
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