RE: [PCTECH] Multiple PC drives - From Weird Dell Windows XP problem

["Chuck Lewis" <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That is SO true Scott ! Vendors that don't understand more than C: kill me.
We actually had a vendor tell us because we had installed their app (a huge
design package that takes a TON of space...) to D: (a second drive) that was
causing a problem we were having. This was a first level tech and I politely
pointed out that their install program allowed me to specify a drive choice
so I didn't see how that could be a problem. Eventually a 2nd level tech got
it all straightened out. It was fine to do that and the problem was
something entirely something else.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Scott Johnson
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:25 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Multiple PC drives - From Weird Dell Windows XP
problem


Even with a single drive, I will partition it. I will set-up one for the 
os, one or more for programs, and a smaller one for data. I like to do 
this mostly for the smaller block size(forgot the correct terminology). 
If a program is 'core' to the operation of the PC, I will install it 
into the OS drive. Otherwise, it would get installed on a program drive. 
This same thought can be applied to multiple hardware drives.

A lot of people won't do this because they don't like the hassle of 
remembering to change the C: to D: when installing stuff. Then you got 
the software out there that still can't quite understand that a PC can 
have more than one drive letter.

-- Scott