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  #11  
Old May 4th 05, 11:29 AM
Mart
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First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not, check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also had it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel




  #12  
Old May 4th 05, 07:15 PM
Nigel Andrews
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Mart,

Thanks for the quick response.

I have the slave set to Auto in the BIOS (and of course the jumpers set to
Slave on both the replacement)

But booting with the ME start-up disk, with one of my replacement old disks
installed, it doesn't finish booting (or boots to an A: prompt but says C:,
D: etc don't exists!). With the other connected I get to a Minimal Boot, and
can start FDISK but it says it can't access disk 2!.
I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' much lower capacity than what they are replacing. Both the
drives 'come alive' during the boot sequences (spinning up and heads
chattering).

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?

Thanks again

Nigel

"Mart" wrote in message
...
First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not, check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a

blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other

connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also had

it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel






  #13  
Old May 4th 05, 08:38 PM
Mart
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Well Nigel, you certainly seem to have proved that WinMe isn't the cause!!

Under the circumstances - and that may depend both on how urgently you
want/need to replace your D: with a 'good' one and how full your wallet
feels - you could cut your losses and buy a new HDD.

However, if you want to 'see it through' then examine each of your 'old'
drives in turn - by temporarily throwing-off your existing 'good' C: drive.
Keep things simple!

Make each of your old drives (individually) the C: (master) and FDSK /STATUS
each one to ascertain their state - Fdisking and re-formatting if
necessary - followed by a Real Mode DOS Scandisk. Then, when you've proved
that they are still serviceable - and all is back to normal with your
'original' C: back in place - re-introduce them, one at a time as the D:

BTW - Auto *may* not be enough - You *might* have to re-detect them first in
the BIOS (there should be 'detect' option available - refer to the User
Manual (if you have one!!)

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?


Depends upon the results from above tests, but they sure sound 'suspicious'

Mart


"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Thanks for the quick response.

I have the slave set to Auto in the BIOS (and of course the jumpers set to
Slave on both the replacement)

But booting with the ME start-up disk, with one of my replacement old
disks
installed, it doesn't finish booting (or boots to an A: prompt but says
C:,
D: etc don't exists!). With the other connected I get to a Minimal Boot,
and
can start FDISK but it says it can't access disk 2!.
I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' much lower capacity than what they are replacing. Both the
drives 'come alive' during the boot sequences (spinning up and heads
chattering).

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?

Thanks again

Nigel

"Mart" wrote in message
...
First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not,
check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm
that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a

blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other

connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also had

it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel








  #14  
Old May 4th 05, 09:18 PM
Rick T
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Nigel Andrews wrote:
Mart,

Thanks for the quick response.

I have the slave set to Auto in the BIOS (and of course the jumpers set to
Slave on both the replacement)

But booting with the ME start-up disk, with one of my replacement old disks
installed, it doesn't finish booting (or boots to an A: prompt but says C:,
D: etc don't exists!). With the other connected I get to a Minimal Boot, and
can start FDISK but it says it can't access disk 2!.
I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' much lower capacity than what they are replacing. Both the
drives 'come alive' during the boot sequences (spinning up and heads
chattering).

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?


Well, as Mart says, it's not WinME that's at fault (so far).

Might want to check your cabling as well as the jumper setting on the
(presumed) Master drive; bear in mind that if the original drive is CS
then the cable is actually different from "normal" M/S IDE cables.

Rick




Thanks again

Nigel

"Mart" wrote in message
...

First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not, check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...

I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a


blue

screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other


connection

gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also had


it

with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel






  #15  
Old May 4th 05, 09:41 PM
Noel Paton
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My suspicion falls on the size of the 'new' HD's - they may be bigger than
the BIOS of the system can cope with

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Well Nigel, you certainly seem to have proved that WinMe isn't the cause!!

Under the circumstances - and that may depend both on how urgently you
want/need to replace your D: with a 'good' one and how full your wallet
feels - you could cut your losses and buy a new HDD.

However, if you want to 'see it through' then examine each of your 'old'
drives in turn - by temporarily throwing-off your existing 'good' C:
drive. Keep things simple!

Make each of your old drives (individually) the C: (master) and FDSK
/STATUS each one to ascertain their state - Fdisking and re-formatting if
necessary - followed by a Real Mode DOS Scandisk. Then, when you've proved
that they are still serviceable - and all is back to normal with your
'original' C: back in place - re-introduce them, one at a time as the D:

BTW - Auto *may* not be enough - You *might* have to re-detect them first
in the BIOS (there should be 'detect' option available - refer to the User
Manual (if you have one!!)

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?


Depends upon the results from above tests, but they sure sound
'suspicious'

Mart


"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Thanks for the quick response.

I have the slave set to Auto in the BIOS (and of course the jumpers set
to
Slave on both the replacement)

But booting with the ME start-up disk, with one of my replacement old
disks
installed, it doesn't finish booting (or boots to an A: prompt but says
C:,
D: etc don't exists!). With the other connected I get to a Minimal Boot,
and
can start FDISK but it says it can't access disk 2!.
I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' much lower capacity than what they are replacing. Both the
drives 'come alive' during the boot sequences (spinning up and heads
chattering).

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?

Thanks again

Nigel

"Mart" wrote in message
...
First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not,
check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm
that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a

blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If
I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other

connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also had

it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel










  #16  
Old May 4th 05, 09:53 PM
Mart
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Mmm...

I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' **much lower capacity than what they are replacing**.


Over to Nigel

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
My suspicion falls on the size of the 'new' HD's - they may be bigger than
the BIOS of the system can cope with

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Well Nigel, you certainly seem to have proved that WinMe isn't the
cause!!

Under the circumstances - and that may depend both on how urgently you
want/need to replace your D: with a 'good' one and how full your wallet
feels - you could cut your losses and buy a new HDD.

However, if you want to 'see it through' then examine each of your 'old'
drives in turn - by temporarily throwing-off your existing 'good' C:
drive. Keep things simple!

Make each of your old drives (individually) the C: (master) and FDSK
/STATUS each one to ascertain their state - Fdisking and re-formatting if
necessary - followed by a Real Mode DOS Scandisk. Then, when you've
proved that they are still serviceable - and all is back to normal with
your 'original' C: back in place - re-introduce them, one at a time as
the D:

BTW - Auto *may* not be enough - You *might* have to re-detect them first
in the BIOS (there should be 'detect' option available - refer to the
User Manual (if you have one!!)

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?


Depends upon the results from above tests, but they sure sound
'suspicious'

Mart


"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Thanks for the quick response.

I have the slave set to Auto in the BIOS (and of course the jumpers set
to
Slave on both the replacement)

But booting with the ME start-up disk, with one of my replacement old
disks
installed, it doesn't finish booting (or boots to an A: prompt but says
C:,
D: etc don't exists!). With the other connected I get to a Minimal Boot,
and
can start FDISK but it says it can't access disk 2!.
I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' much lower capacity than what they are replacing. Both the
drives 'come alive' during the boot sequences (spinning up and heads
chattering).

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?

Thanks again

Nigel

"Mart" wrote in message
...
First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not,
check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm
that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a
blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If
I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other
connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also
had
it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel












  #17  
Old May 5th 05, 01:20 PM
Nigel Andrews
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Thanks again for all this good advice.

I think I will have to go for a new (small) drive. I didn't really want to
as the PC is fairly old and has a few other problems.
As this problem is that the programs on the partitions which are now not
'linked' because the drives all stepped down one by letter. I may look to
reinstall those to the current drive letters.
Although perhaps I should ask if there is any easy way to tell WindowsMe
that a programme that was on E: is now on D:? I suspect reinstalling is
easiest way.

Nigel


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Mmm...

I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are similar
drives tho' **much lower capacity than what they are replacing**.


Over to Nigel

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
My suspicion falls on the size of the 'new' HD's - they may be bigger

than
the BIOS of the system can cope with

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to

NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Well Nigel, you certainly seem to have proved that WinMe isn't the
cause!!

Under the circumstances - and that may depend both on how urgently you
want/need to replace your D: with a 'good' one and how full your wallet
feels - you could cut your losses and buy a new HDD.

However, if you want to 'see it through' then examine each of your

'old'
drives in turn - by temporarily throwing-off your existing 'good' C:
drive. Keep things simple!

Make each of your old drives (individually) the C: (master) and FDSK
/STATUS each one to ascertain their state - Fdisking and re-formatting

if
necessary - followed by a Real Mode DOS Scandisk. Then, when you've
proved that they are still serviceable - and all is back to normal with
your 'original' C: back in place - re-introduce them, one at a time as
the D:

BTW - Auto *may* not be enough - You *might* have to re-detect them

first
in the BIOS (there should be 'detect' option available - refer to the
User Manual (if you have one!!)

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?

Depends upon the results from above tests, but they sure sound
'suspicious'

Mart


"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Thanks for the quick response.

I have the slave set to Auto in the BIOS (and of course the jumpers

set
to
Slave on both the replacement)

But booting with the ME start-up disk, with one of my replacement old
disks
installed, it doesn't finish booting (or boots to an A: prompt but

says
C:,
D: etc don't exists!). With the other connected I get to a Minimal

Boot,
and
can start FDISK but it says it can't access disk 2!.
I thought both these were working, tho' years ago, and they are

similar
drives tho' much lower capacity than what they are replacing. Both the
drives 'come alive' during the boot sequences (spinning up and heads
chattering).

Is this showing that they are faulty or is it the format on the disks
themselves which is causing the boot problems?

Thanks again

Nigel

"Mart" wrote in message
...
First, you need to ascertain whether this is a WinMe issue or - more
likely - a hardware issue.

Confirm that you can 'see' both physical HDD's in your BIOS. If not,
check
cabling AND Master/Slave links correctly set. Have you acknowledged
(detected and set) a second drive in the BIOS?

If OK in BIOS, boot with your WinMe Startup (floppy) disk and confirm
that
you can 'see' both disks AND their partitions in Real Mode DOS.

If so, can you read AND write (in DOS) to all partitions.

Confirm the above then worry about WinMe.

BTW - What letter(s) is/are assigned to your CD-ROM(s) - if fitted?

Mart



"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old

hard
disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get

a
blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected.

If
I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other
connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also
had
it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel














  #18  
Old May 5th 05, 01:52 PM
Jack E Martinelli
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The newer Powerquest Partition Magic programs, ca. Ver 5 to 8, have a
utility, DriveMapper, which can achieve this rewriting of the registry to
redirect the new volume information.
Since Powerquest was purchasd by Symantec and no longer exists, these
partition manager programs are now inexpensive on the third-party market,
i.e., Amazon and eBay, among others.

--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
In Memorium: Alex Nichol
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
------
"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Thanks again for all this good advice.

I think I will have to go for a new (small) drive. I didn't really want to
as the PC is fairly old and has a few other problems.
As this problem is that the programs on the partitions which are now not
'linked' because the drives all stepped down one by letter. I may look to
reinstall those to the current drive letters.
Although perhaps I should ask if there is any easy way to tell WindowsMe
that a programme that was on E: is now on D:? I suspect reinstalling is
easiest way.

Nigel


"Mart" wrote in message
...


SNIP


  #19  
Old May 5th 05, 03:44 PM
Mart
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Nigel, considering age and expense, you might want to fully explore your two
other old drives first - even if it means a complete FDISK/Format of one of
them - anything to get it to be recognised as a 'new' D: drive. You should
have sufficient information from all the contributors to this thread to at
least try, before you are forced to give-up g You *may* be able to pick up
a serviceable, second-hand HDD from your local 'Computer Fair' for next to
nothing.

However, I would agree with Jack's recent comments as well as his earlier
ones at the beginning of the month, should you choose the re-mapping route.

Good luck

Mart


"Jack E Martinelli" wrote in message
...
The newer Powerquest Partition Magic programs, ca. Ver 5 to 8, have a
utility, DriveMapper, which can achieve this rewriting of the registry to
redirect the new volume information.
Since Powerquest was purchasd by Symantec and no longer exists, these
partition manager programs are now inexpensive on the third-party market,
i.e., Amazon and eBay, among others.

--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
In Memorium: Alex Nichol
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
------
"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Thanks again for all this good advice.

I think I will have to go for a new (small) drive. I didn't really want
to
as the PC is fairly old and has a few other problems.
As this problem is that the programs on the partitions which are now not
'linked' because the drives all stepped down one by letter. I may look to
reinstall those to the current drive letters.
Although perhaps I should ask if there is any easy way to tell WindowsMe
that a programme that was on E: is now on D:? I suspect reinstalling is
easiest way.

Nigel


"Mart" wrote in message
...


SNIP




  #20  
Old May 5th 05, 10:45 PM
Nigel Andrews
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I have taken the easy option - sorry guys!

Jack's suggestion to use PM to change the program and registry entries which
referred to the drives, to the correct drives, was the simplest way. I don't
have to get another drive and I am not investing anything in an old PC which
might fail me in only a few months.

Thank-you for ALL your help and advice. It helped me make a decision which I
am happy with.

Nigel


"Mart" wrote in message
...
Nigel, considering age and expense, you might want to fully explore your

two
other old drives first - even if it means a complete FDISK/Format of one

of
them - anything to get it to be recognised as a 'new' D: drive. You should
have sufficient information from all the contributors to this thread to at
least try, before you are forced to give-up g You *may* be able to pick

up
a serviceable, second-hand HDD from your local 'Computer Fair' for next to
nothing.

However, I would agree with Jack's recent comments as well as his earlier
ones at the beginning of the month, should you choose the re-mapping

route.

Good luck

Mart


"Jack E Martinelli" wrote in message
...
The newer Powerquest Partition Magic programs, ca. Ver 5 to 8, have a
utility, DriveMapper, which can achieve this rewriting of the registry

to
redirect the new volume information.
Since Powerquest was purchasd by Symantec and no longer exists, these
partition manager programs are now inexpensive on the third-party

market,
i.e., Amazon and eBay, among others.

--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx
In Memorium: Alex Nichol
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
------
"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
Thanks again for all this good advice.

I think I will have to go for a new (small) drive. I didn't really want
to
as the PC is fairly old and has a few other problems.
As this problem is that the programs on the partitions which are now

not
'linked' because the drives all stepped down one by letter. I may look

to
reinstall those to the current drive letters.
Although perhaps I should ask if there is any easy way to tell

WindowsMe
that a programme that was on E: is now on D:? I suspect reinstalling is
easiest way.

Nigel


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