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May 29th 07, 02:01 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and
D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Thanks, Alan 
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May 29th 07, 02:34 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
Files saved to D:\ will not be affected by reformatting C:\.
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Thanks, Alan
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May 29th 07, 03:24 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
"Alan" wrote in message
ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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May 29th 07, 03:41 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
Alan used mistaken terminology and said "logical drive" in place of
"partition". C:\ is obviously a primary partition, not an logical volume inside an extended partition. Blame Microsoft's brain-dead insistence on calling partitions "drives". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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May 30th 07, 01:05 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
That probably involved the same person who named folders directories G
-- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Alan used mistaken terminology and said "logical drive" in place of "partition". C:\ is obviously a primary partition, not an logical volume inside an extended partition. Blame Microsoft's brain-dead insistence on calling partitions "drives". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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May 30th 07, 02:37 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
No doubt. Then again, using the files/folders analogy for computer storage
would suggest that partitions be called "drawers", and drives be called "cabinets", w. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... That probably involved the same person who named folders directories G -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Alan used mistaken terminology and said "logical drive" in place of "partition". C:\ is obviously a primary partition, not an logical volume inside an extended partition. Blame Microsoft's brain-dead insistence on calling partitions "drives". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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May 30th 07, 04:28 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
Kinda like the Abbot and Costello routine, "who's on first". Maybe one of
their great-grandkids in working for MS? Dave "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... No doubt. Then again, using the files/folders analogy for computer storage would suggest that partitions be called "drawers", and drives be called "cabinets", w. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... That probably involved the same person who named folders directories G -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Alan used mistaken terminology and said "logical drive" in place of "partition". C:\ is obviously a primary partition, not an logical volume inside an extended partition. Blame Microsoft's brain-dead insistence on calling partitions "drives". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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May 30th 07, 05:25 AM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
LOL!
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Kinda like the Abbot and Costello routine, "who's on first". Maybe one of their great-grandkids in working for MS? Dave "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... No doubt. Then again, using the files/folders analogy for computer storage would suggest that partitions be called "drawers", and drives be called "cabinets", w. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... That probably involved the same person who named folders directories G -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Alan used mistaken terminology and said "logical drive" in place of "partition". C:\ is obviously a primary partition, not an logical volume inside an extended partition. Blame Microsoft's brain-dead insistence on calling partitions "drives". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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May 30th 07, 03:51 PM
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formatting one partition of a hard drive or usb support in safe mode
AHA! I think you nailed it. G
-- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... Kinda like the Abbot and Costello routine, "who's on first". Maybe one of their great-grandkids in working for MS? Dave "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... No doubt. Then again, using the files/folders analogy for computer storage would suggest that partitions be called "drawers", and drives be called "cabinets", w. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... That probably involved the same person who named folders directories G -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message ... Alan used mistaken terminology and said "logical drive" in place of "partition". C:\ is obviously a primary partition, not an logical volume inside an extended partition. Blame Microsoft's brain-dead insistence on calling partitions "drives". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Lil' Dave" wrote in message ... "Alan" wrote in message ups.com... I have a hard drive partitioned into two logical drives, C: and D:. I need to save some files off c: and then format c:. Can`t I save the files on d:? That is, format c: won`t effect d:, will it? No. If it will affect d:, then I would like to save the files to a USB disk. The problem is that I can only boot in Safe mode. Is it possible to get a USB disk to work when I can only access Safe mode? Not in windows 98/98SE. My question is how is one of the partitions designated "C:"? What happened to windows partition as it cannot be a logical partition? Dave
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