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"QuickHare" <QuickHareREMOVE@Hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bfbg0o$2v9jr$2@athena.ex.ac.uk...

I have a task ahead of me.
I huge task.
I have Windows 95 (original, not OEM) and 2 physical harddrives:
HDD Drive Partition Size
1 C: 1Gb
2 D: 2Gb
E: 2Gb
F: 2Gb
G: 2Gb
Windows is installed on drive D:, not C:.

Now here's the problem:
I wish to remove HDD1 from my computer, which would change the other

drives'

letters.
D: -> C:
E: -> D:
F: -> E:
G: -> F:
Now, WITHOUT re-installation of Windows or most other programs, I wish to

do

this.
The method I have thought of is to use Regedit to export the registry into files, Find/Replace all occurrences of "D:" with "C:", "E:" with "D", "F:" with "E:" and "G:" with "F:". Then I would merge it all back into the registry and use Fdisk to make D: active.
I then switch off the computer, take out Drive C, change a few jumpers and
my BIOS settings, then restart.

here's the thing:

even if windows is installed on your D:
drive...
the files necessary for booting are still on your C: drive

you might be better off simply using a utility such as partition magic
and create a small active primary C: drive on your second disk

be sure to save msdos.sys from your original C: drive and copy it to your second

then boot up with your floppy and issue the command sys C:


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QuickHare wrote:

I have a task ahead of me.
I huge task.
I have Windows 95 (original, not OEM) and 2 physical harddrives:
HDD Drive Partition Size
1 C: 1Gb
2 D: 2Gb
E: 2Gb
F: 2Gb
G: 2Gb
Windows is installed on drive D:, not C:.

Now here's the problem:
I wish to remove HDD1 from my computer, which would change the other drives' letters.
D: -> C:
E: -> D:
F: -> E:
G: -> F:
Now, WITHOUT re-installation of Windows or most other programs, I wish to do this.
The method I have thought of is to use Regedit to export the registry into files, Find/Replace all occurrences of "D:" with "C:", "E:" with "D", "F:" with "E:" and "G:" with "F:". Then I would merge it all back into the registry and use Fdisk to make D: active.
I then switch off the computer, take out Drive C, change a few jumpers and
my BIOS settings, then restart.

Any thoughts if this would work?

You'll also need to modify any *.ini files that might
have D: in them and change them to C:. Some programs
record their installation info in .ini files instead
of in the registry. AND there may be other files with
the same kinda thing in them. You might have a lot of
trouble finding ALL the files to mod.
Mike
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"Michael P. Broida" <michael.p.broida@boeing.com> wrote in message news:3F1C5F95.3295B0DF@boeing.com...

QuickHare wrote:

I have a task ahead of me.
I huge task.
I have Windows 95 (original, not OEM) and 2 physical harddrives:
HDD Drive Partition Size
1 C: 1Gb
2 D: 2Gb
E: 2Gb
F: 2Gb
G: 2Gb
Windows is installed on drive D:, not C:.

Now here's the problem:
I wish to remove HDD1 from my computer, which would change the other

drives'

letters.
D: -> C:
E: -> D:
F: -> E:
G: -> F:
Now, WITHOUT re-installation of Windows or most other programs, I wish

to do

this.
The method I have thought of is to use Regedit to export the registry

into

files, Find/Replace all occurrences of "D:" with "C:", "E:" with "D",

"F:"

with "E:" and "G:" with "F:". Then I would merge it all back into the registry and use Fdisk to make D: active.
I then switch off the computer, take out Drive C, change a few jumpers

and

my BIOS settings, then restart.

Any thoughts if this would work?

You'll also need to modify any *.ini files that might
have D: in them and change them to C:. Some programs
record their installation info in .ini files instead
of in the registry. AND there may be other files with
the same kinda thing in them. You might have a lot of
trouble finding ALL the files to mod.

Good point. If I target *.ini and (readable) *.cfg files, I should get away with it, right? I'm not looking for 100% success rate, just VERY minimal re-installation. This should target virtually all configuration files,
meaning I'd only have a few programs to re-install, not all of them? I know
it depends on the programs I have on the computer, but it should work in theory?

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 08:53:19 GMT, AFM <afm@tightfit.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

I cant help but think this operation is going to be a total disaster!

could be , could be ... :-/
I forgot to mention also changing references in Sistem.ini & Win.ini
before restarting machine...

Yeah this kind of "surgery" is not for everybody!

& I always say:

For Data & OS files, BACKUP on another ext.media is the "Mother of all precautions" ! (remember that!) ...

-- Regards, SPAJKY
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