Subj : Re: Flash-Ram
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Finnigann
Date : Tue Oct 18 2005 20:55:00

-=> ROB MCCART wrote to TEGULARIUS <=-

 TE>Prior to Windows ME ("Mistaken Edition") and XP, I've always used a RAM
isk
  >and
  >really miss it on the latest Win versions (and on Linux).  Never again will


  >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
umerous

  >subdirectories of a single drive letter gets more cumbersome with every
  >passing year.

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

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


From Windows XP:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>help subst
Associates a path with a drive letter.

SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]
SUBST drive1: /D

  drive1:   Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign a path.
  [drive2:]path  Specifies a physical drive and path you want to assign
  to a virtual drive.

  /D             Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.

Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual
drives.

Somethings there...



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