In our last episode
Robert Prickett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I KNOW I solved this a long time back, and forgot it.  I had 2 hard
>drives, the first one partitioned, C, D, and E.  After some struggle,
>I got the second hard drive to line up nicely as F.

Drive letter assignment hierarchy:

Primary channel drives get letters before secondary ones.
Master drives get letters before slaves.
Primary partitions get letters before extended ones.

Example1:

Primary EIDE channle
  Master Drive
     Primary partition   C:
     Extended partition  E:
  Slave Drive
     Primary partition   D:
     Extended partition  F:

Example 2:

Primary EIDE channle
  Master Drive
     Primary partition   C:
     Extended partition  G:
  Slave Drive
     Primary partition   D:
     Extended partition  H:
     Extended partition  I:

Secondary EIDE channle
   Master Drive
     Primary partition  E:
     Extended partition  J:
  Slave Drive
     Primary partition  F:
     Extended partition  K:

So, to answer your question, set up your new drive with only extended
partition(s).

HTH
Al Anger

A penny saved may be a penny earned, but it's a
waste of a deposit slip and it really pisses off the tellers.