re: Question about harddisk driveletters Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 6:11 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jan Ryba (1 messages posted) I've been useing the same exact method since I began using Win95, but I've recently upgraded to XP and i need to load the subst command before logging on (so that various programs and special folders, etc., get associated correctly), but I cannot find any "load before logon" typr option. Is there any work around, or am I looking in the wrong places? Thanks. On Monday, October 8, 2001 at 6:44 pm, Maxim_dx wrote: >Yeah you have a problem there. Unfortunately there is noway around this while using >MS-Windows or MS-DOS. >The first partition of every physical hard drive is loaded first in sucessive drive >letters starting at drive C: then all other partitions are loaded starting with the >partions on the first hard drive continuing onto the last. >The way I have used for years to handle this "problem" (since I am constantly changing >my drives) is this: > > 1) I leave drives C-F for physical drives > 2) I use an old DOS utility {subst} to make directories look like drives which I >have the AUTOEXEC.BAT file load on boot. > subst G: c:\zgames (for games) > subst H: c:\zdata (for data) > subst I: c:\zinstall (for Installs and utilities) > 3)I always set my CDROM drives to K-M > 4)I always set my Network drives to N-R > 5)I always set my VirtualCD drives to S-Z > >Keep in mind that this allows all hard drives to be one large partition only and >makes it easy to move things around alot assuming you adjust your subst commands >in your autoexec.bat file to specify the accual place of your "special" directories. > >This has always worked for me, but up until now the subst command has worked, this >may change in the future and if it does I will be forced into looking to something >like "PartitionMagic" or some other third party software to help me out. > >Hope this is of some use to you. Good Luck Written in response to: re: Question about harddisk driveletters (Maxim_dx: Monday, October 8, 2001 at 6:44 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about harddisk driveletters (Bram Luyckx: Mon, Oct 8, 2001, 5:57 pm) re: Question about harddisk driveletters (Maxim_dx: Mon, Oct 8, 2001, 6:44 pm) re: Question about harddisk driveletters (Bram Luyckx: Mon, Oct 8, 2001, 11:36 pm) re: Question about harddisk driveletters (Jan Ryba: Wed, Dec 26, 2001, 6:11 am) re: Question about harddisk driveletters (Bruce Parsons: Thu, Jan 17, 2002, 8:34 pm) subst drives (Sage Tyrtle: Sat, Feb 23, 2002, 5:23 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum