Adding another harddisk?

Running WinXP Home, SP2.
I have 1 disk now and its defined as "C ", "D ", "E ", and "F "
C is primary and D, E, F are partitions. Also have a DVD (G)
and a CD-RW (H).

When i add another new disk, will it be assigned as "I" or
will it pick up "G" and the DVD, CD-RW be assigned as "H" and
"I" respectfully?

Does the new disk need a Primary partition as well?

Also, i plan to make 4 partitions of the new disk using
Partition Magic. If WinXP assigns the new disk as "G "
(preferred), (meaning "H" and "I" for the DVD/CD-RW)
what happens to the DVD/CD-RW if i assign "H ", "I" and
"J" as the new partitions (K and L?).

Sorry for all the letters so maybe this is better - Ignore the dashes,
used for spacing only.

Currently:
HD--HD--HD--HD--CD--CD
C---D--- E--- F---G ---H

Desired:
Disk1------------Disk2
HD---HD---HD---HD---HD---HD---HD---HD---CD---CD
C----D---- E----F-----G----H---- I---- J-----K----L

 

PeteC,

Thank you.
I'd much prefer to know whats going to happen than leave it to chance and
get suprised, unfavorably sometimes.

clif

 

I changed the drive letter assignments for the DVD and CD-RW to X and Y.
No problems there.

When i changed the drive assignment of my zip drive (from I to W), it
disappears from the "My Computer" screen completely. It would normally appear
under "Devices with removeable storage ".

Under the control panel>System>Hardware>device manager>Disk Drives, it
shows as having the "V" assigned.
If i put in a zip disk, the system will find it and display the contents
correctly, so it works ok, just doesn't show in the Computer Screen. A cold
boot didn't fix it.

How can i fix this so it will show?

thanks,
Clif
(savagcl)

 

Thanks once again, PeteC.

I'll try that.

savagcl

 

Well, removing and disconnecting the Zip drive, power down\up and then
re-installing -

Made all 3 (ZIP, DVD and CDRW) disappear from My Computer and Explorer
screens. They were registered in the CP just fine, everything looks OK there.
Just not showing as above.

Once more, i changed the drive letters in Disk Management to equal:
DVD = U
CDRW = V
Zip = W
Still no show in MyComputer/explorer. The only way it works, it seems, is to
use the original assignments (Zip = G, DVD = H and CDRW = I).

Back to original problem - Trying to get setup for when i add a new SATA HD
and have the Drive letters of G, H, I, J available for the new HD partitions.
Which means changing the drive letters for the Zip, DVD and CDRW to
something after the J.

I am running Partition Magic 8 so maybe its the problem?? Altho, i thought
it only dealt with HD's (and other letters would be available for assignment).

Unless some other suggestions become available, i'll put the assignments
back to normal then wait until i put the new HD in and see what happens.

thanks,
savagcl