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Re: Hard Drive letters out of sync.
From:
Russ Poffenberger <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 13:21:27 -0800
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> I was given a Samsung 1.2 GIG hard drive that a friend did
> not need anymore, so I thought I will install this drive as
> drive E: and use it to copy my data files to as an extra
> backup.

The solution, I have heard, is to NOT partition the secondary drive with a
primary partition, but an extended partition only, using all of the disk.

I have not tried it myself though.

Russ Poffenberger               Engineering Specialist
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