Subj : Flash-Ram
To   : TEGULARIUS
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Mon Oct 17 2005 20:02:00

TE>Prior to Windows ME ("Mistaken Edition") and XP, I've always used a RAM disk
  >and
  >really miss it on the latest Win versions (and on Linux).  Never again will I
  >install a new hard drive without partitioning it into at least two drive
  >letters, so one of them is free for such purposes.  Navigating among numerous
  >subdirectories of a single drive letter gets more cumbersome with every
  >passing year.

Don't ask for Too many details because I don't use XP but I understand
it does support "Drive Mapping" which is similar to the old SUBST
command in Dos, which still works well even up to Win98SE.
Basically it allows you to rename a directory path as a drive letter.
i.e..  Using SUBST I rename my C:\GRAPHICS\PICTURES directory to P:
and C:\TEMP to another letter to simplify copying files to and from them.

Again, I don't know about XP/NTFS for sure, but can't you get
a utility like Partition Magic that can add a partition or several
to your drive without losing any data ?  If I recall, P-Magic 8
or better will work with XP - but verify that before trying it or
spending money on it..  Not sure but Possibly a trial version would
let you make the changes you want before the trial period expires
and you can decide later whether to buy or not..

TE>Looking at old DOS shareware, I have just recently discovered a whole
  >category of utilities that facilitate changing the current directory at the
  >command line.  Thanks to how I used to "run my computer good" I never felt a
  >need for these and was oblivious to them in that era. But nowadays the need
  >has never been greater and perhaps they're worth a belated look-- if only for
  >ideas so I can write my own that handles long names.

I still use lots of DOS based software. I tend to avoid long filenames
to make that work better but there are DOS utilities that will work
with and retain the long filenames as well.

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