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From: Michael (G-2_at_att.net)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:13:18 GMT

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Thanks...but keep reading...

So, what about relocating Documents and Settings? No, I obiously
wouldn't wish to point both os's to the same folder...However, can I
relocate "each" systems' D 'n' C folder(s) out of the "system" partition?

A side quention not for "registry", (for for file_system?) but what is
shell cache and dll cache?

My one system has a over 80 meg in the shell cache...the other is nearly
empty. Both have nearly identical features and are up to date with Sp4.

Finally---(I doubt the registy folks will care about the following, sorry)

I have two drives---currently W2k is in the primary/basic partition of
each drive. (the second drive is in a caddy). All basic...FAT32.

Anyway, I have a spare six gig drive. I put it in the caddy (where hd1
usually resides) and re-formatted it so that it has a 20 meg primary
partition and three (roughly) 2 gig logical partitions.

I formatted the first partition as FAT because I intended to load DOS in
there. I also planned to (of course) put the ntldr,boot.ini and
ntdetect there).

Well, I used drive copy and cloned my current drive hd0 to the 6gig
drive in the caddy. (However, I forgot to move the W2k boot files into
the FAT partition.)

Before I exited Drive Copy, if asked if I wanted to "hide" the
partition...I said yes. Can I still go back, put it back in the caddy
and move the w2k files there? I really don't want to screw up my
current partition table at boot when it "sees" a goofy (duplicte) drive
in the caddy!

So, first is my basic plan viable? Can I install DOS in the FAT primary
along with the W2k files and be able to boot directly to DOS?.

Or am I screwed since the rest of W2k is no longer going to be in a
partition called "c:/?" That is, when I swap the old hd0 out and
replace it the new configuration---well, "only" the boot files for w2k
(And DOS) will be in c:\.

By creating that small FAT/boot partition, drive letters in hd0 (the
"clone) are bumped up a notch. I'm sure I could still boot to the W2k
which is in hd2-- which could be my savior...but once there will I be
able to remedy what exists in hd0?

All in all, I really not get the boot/mbr/partition table thingee...I'm
at a 98se now. It's all FAT32 and runs Dos? If it has a Fat
partion---I haven't found it! MSDOS, IO.sys...well, and all the DOS
files are in a single FAT partition. Clue me in to why I needed to
create a FAT partition for DOS as I've described above?

Um, thanks!

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