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| subject: | Re: XP and my new drive |
Obviously the machine is biased against users named John! > From: "John Beamish" > Answering my own question: I gave up. > I was *never* able to get my usual account (John) to see F G and H (either > in Explorer or in My Computer). > Administrator, Valerie and several other accounts (some with Admin privs, > some without) _all_ saw F G and H. > I tried changing drive letters, changing the way the partitions were > created, deleting everything and starting from fresh. Nothing changed. > *Nothing*. > In the end, > 1. I created a 31MB Fat partition (for boot purposes) and a 120GB partition > for everything else and didn't give either partition a drive letter. > 2. I used Ghost to clone the current C: to the 120GB partition on the other > drive. > 3. I set that partition to active. > 4. I powered off the machine and disconnected the power and wiring harness > to the old C:\ drive as well as setting the jumper on the new drive. > 5. I powered on the machine, it booted and the John account (and every > other one) sees a 120 GB drive with lots of free space. > But I still don't understand why it wouldn't work the way I wanted it to > work. Sigh. --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 379/45 1 633/267 |
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