Thanks for the Intro Master. I hope I live up to your intro! Does that mean I have to spell things correctly? Hal Cardona PC Sleuth - http://www.pcsleuth.com Owner WinXPHelp Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WinXPHelp Author - ABComputers http://personal-computer-tutor.com/ABC.htm -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Master NetLord Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 5:31 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little = Different!! Hi Andy, I didn't answer your earlier post as I saw Hal's answer as I scrolled through. Kids, let me introduce one very, very smart guy...Hal. Hal, welcome to the group. Regards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", Master NetLord ,,,,, =D4=BF=D4=AC Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona =AB::::=BB=A4=AB::::=BB=A4=A4=AB::::=BB=A4=AB::::=BB Monday 7/1/2002 6:29:58 PM On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 23:00:25 +0100, Andy wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Hal Cardona" <hcardona@xxxxxxxxxxxx>=A0To:=20 ><pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>=A0Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:56 PM >Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little=20 >Different!! > > >> >>You will need to partition the drive prior to formatting it. =A0You=20 >>can't copy the swap file while it is in use, so make sure you exclude=20 >>it while copying. > >How do I do that? > >> >>After you have your stuff on the larger drive and have placed as=20 >>Master, boot from a OS floppy (I am assuming Win 9.X here) and from=20 >>the a:/ run sys c:. =A0Now run fdisk and set the new 80 GB partition = as=20 >>active. > >It XP, if that makes a difference? >> >>Personally though I would keep the OS on small partition (8 to 16 >>GB) and use the rest as a plain partition for Video. =A0Remember if = you=20 >>are using a FAT based OS you are limited to a max file size of 4GB,=20 >>which isn't all that big when you are doing video. > >4gb is fine for what I need, and even then I can go bigger with a cute=20 >little workaround!! > >I'd like to keep the 8 gig there to solve all these problems, but I'm=20 >screwed really!! > >Cheers > >Andy > > >To unsub or change your email settings:=20 >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives:=20 >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/