Subj : Flash-Ram
To   : ROB MCCART
From : The Millionaire
Date : Tue Oct 18 2005 19:33:00

  Re: Flash-Ram
  By: ROB MCCART to TEGULARIUS on Mon Oct 17 2005 08:02 pm

 > TE>Prior to Windows ME ("Mistaken Edition") and XP, I've always used a RAM d
 >   >and
 >   >really miss it on the latest Win versions (and on Linux).  Never again wi
 >   >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 nume
 >   >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 t
 >   >command line.  Thanks to how I used to "run my computer good" I never fel
 >   >need for these and was oblivious to them in that era. But nowadays the ne
 >   >has never been greater and perhaps they're worth a belated look-- if only
 >   >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.
 > 
I use a lot of Dos software as well and I have Windows Xp. *LOL* So that
tells you how much I like running WIndows on the computer. Which is not that
highly. I use it because I have to now because of the modern technology
*PFFT* but I prefer to live in Dos land myself actually. I do whenever I have
to too.

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