I don't know if the same key applies to 98 as XP Pro, but when I reformat
and reload the OS, one of the first things I do is to edit the registry to
make my APPS drive the default install location. Saves having to browse each
time I install a program.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Find the
"ProgramFilesDir" entry and change the
C:\Program Files  value to D,E,Q, whatever.
Works great.

Brad Loomis
San Miguel, CA

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Most programs allow you to choose the installation folder during the install
process.  Consider this though: The drive heads have to find the program and
its files on your e: drive, then go to the c: drive to find the system files
or other app files installed there to run the program. A lot of head travel
and reads to run each program.  I think that's why the default install
folder is nearly always c:\program files\?.  If you're doing that because
you think it will be easier to reformat and install the OS by not having to
reinstall the programs, think again. If you reformat C: and reinstall the
OS, everything on e: will be useless since there will be nothing in the new
registry or in system files related to any of those applications.  You'll
have to separately reformat e: and reinstall all the programs.  What's the
advantage to doing it that way?
>
>>         I recently re-partitioned a new HDD (Maxtor DiamondMax Plus)
>> that now contains a primary partition and an extended partition with
>> three logical
>> drives. C drive has WIN98SE, D drive contains the swap file, E drive
>> is a program/games drive and F drive is for files. My question is
>> this: I want to place all of the program files into the E drive, will
>> this have any adverse effects?
>
>>        Any help would be appreciated.

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