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More info?)
Many thanks for the inputs. Needless to say, I'm still learning. Should be
an interesting weekend. I'll report back.
Gordon
"G.G. Biggar, Jr." <Colonel_Biggs@msn.com> wrote in message
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> I gather that making the changes to msdos.sys (to have the computer boot
to
> the C partition) is not the same as having the C partition become the
> "active" partition?
>
> If my partitioned drive does accept the download into the C partition (on
an
> ongoing operating basis), my thought is to format the entire drive and
start
> from scratch. Will I have to use something like PartitionMagic in order
to
> eliminate all of the partitions except the C partition? My drive is a 4
gig
> one, so I presume that 2 gig will be wasted space.
>
> Can I presume that the sequence to follow will be: use FDISK to set the C
> partition as active, format the C partition, and then download the C drive
> contents from my other computer?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> Gordon Biggar
>
>
>
>
> "Ben Myers" <benjmyers@mindR-E-M-O-V-Espring.com> wrote in message
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> Unless the two computers are identical, Windows may or may not be able
> to reconfigure itself to the new hardware. As mentioned in another post,
> use fdisk to make sure the C: partition is set as active.
>
> Ben
>
> "G.G. Biggar, Jr." <Colonel_Biggs@msn.com> wrote in message
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> > I have another desktop that runs Windows 95, and where there is no
> > partitioning of the hard drive. The software/files on the two desktops
> are
> > almost identical, except for their location (i.e., C vs. D).
> >
> > My thought is to format the C partition of the partitioned drive, and
then
> > to dump a backup of the non-partitioned C drive from my other desktop
onto
> > the formatted C drive of my partitioned drive. (I use BackupNow
software
> > for backing up/restoring my hard drives.) The objective is to clean out
> > (eventually) all of the files in the D partition. These two desktops
are
> > being used as backup machines in two different physical locations, and I
> > would like to have them pretty much identical.
> >
> > If the registry from the non-partitioned drive is restored to the
> > partitioned drive (which will both be in C), I do not know if that could
> > cause a problem or not.
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ben Myers" <benjmyers@mindR-E-M-O-V-Espring.com> wrote in message
> > news:OoojhGccFHA.3620@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > It's in the "[Paths]" section of "c:\msdos.sys", but I don't think what
> you
> > are
> > considering is feasible, since there are undoubtedly numerous references
> to
> > important files and folders on the "D:" drive in the existing registry.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > "G.G. Biggar, Jr." <Colonel_Biggs@msn.com> wrote in message
> > news:Ofr7EYbcFHA.616@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > When my desktop was originally configured, the hard drive was
> partitioned
> > > into three partitions (C, D, and E). As I recall, this was done to
get
> > > around the 2 gig limitation of Windows 95.
> > >
> > > Currently, the computer boots up to the D partition, where Windows 95
> > > resides. If I want the computer to boot up to the C partition, for
> > example,
> > > where are these instructions located? (I am thinking of moving
Windows
> 95
> > > to the C partition.) I have checked the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys
> files
> > > on my C partition, but I don't think that gives me the lead that I am
> > > looking for.
> > >
> > > Under the DOS setup, BIOS, the boot sequence is shown as A, C, SCSI.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any thoughts!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Gordon Biggar
> > > Houston, Texas
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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