Moving installed applications between HD partitions

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Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the

unneeded partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am

left with a gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know

if I have a XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.



Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up

having their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.



Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

accomplish what I would like to do.
 
HenriK wrote:

> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the

> unneeded partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am

> left with a gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know

> if I have a XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>

> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

> to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up

> having their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

> knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>

> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

> accomplish what I would like to do.



This may depend on what your partition assignments are now and were before.

Could you be more specific?



Hopefully C: is still the partition being used for your programs and

windows. If not, and THAT part has since changed, this may be difficult to

resolve.



IOW, if you're talking about a later partition assignment (one that came

after C:) that you removed, this may not be such a major problem with a

third party partition management program like Partition Magic or Easeus

Partition Manager.
 
"HenriK" wrote in message

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> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the unneeded

> partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am left with a

> gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know if I have a

> XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>

> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

> to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up having

> their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

> knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>

> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

> accomplish what I would like to do.



If you have programs installed onto any of the "gapped" drive letters leave

them alone. In other words, you installed program X onto drive G: and what

would happen if you changed the drive letter for drive G: to drive D:. The

program would no longer run. Why, the computer's operating system's

registry will in all probability have references to the G: drive for that

program and can't easily be changed to drive D:. Leave all alone!
 
Try: Start/ Ctrl Panel/ Perf&Maintenance/ Admin Tools/Comp Manag/ Disk

Managmt/ R click on volume - Change drv letter&paths



Hope this helps



"HenriK" wrote in message

news:u4H6ISerKHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the unneeded

> partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am left with a

> gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know if I have a

> XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>

> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

> to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up having

> their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

> knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>

> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

> accomplish what I would like to do.
 
LVTravel wrote:

>

>

> "HenriK" wrote in message

> news:u4H6ISerKHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

>> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the

>> unneeded partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I

>> am left with a gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't

>> know if I have a XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>>

>> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

>> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without

>> having to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would

>> end up having their drive letters changed? I feel certain that

>> somebody more knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>>

>> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

>> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

>> accomplish what I would like to do.

>

> If you have programs installed onto any of the "gapped" drive letters

> leave them alone. In other words, you installed program X onto drive G:

> and what would happen if you changed the drive letter for drive G: to

> drive D:. The program would no longer run. Why, the computer's

> operating system's registry will in all probability have references to

> the G: drive for that program and can't easily be changed to drive D:.

> Leave all alone!

>

>



I use Partition Magic ver.8. It comes with a handy little ditty

called 'Drive Mapper'. You tell it what the drive letter WAS and what

it IS NOW and it makes all the necessary references within the OS. A

very useful little program in this scenario. Look to see if you have

it on you're PM disk.
 
Bill in Co. wrote:

> HenriK wrote:

>> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

>> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the

>> unneeded partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am

>> left with a gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know

>> if I have a XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>>

>> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

>> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

>> to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up

>> having their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

>> knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>>

>> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

>> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

>> accomplish what I would like to do.

>

> This may depend on what your partition assignments are now and were before.

> Could you be more specific?

>

> Hopefully C: is still the partition being used for your programs and

> windows. If not, and THAT part has since changed, this may be difficult to

> resolve.

>

> IOW, if you're talking about a later partition assignment (one that came

> after C:) that you removed, this may not be such a major problem with a

> third party partition management program like Partition Magic or Easeus

> Partition Manager.

>

>

My apologies for not outlining my problem more clearly. The partitions

involved were both in the extended partition. See my other responses

for the other comments received.
 
Motort wrote:

> LVTravel wrote:

>>

>>

>> "HenriK" wrote in message

>> news:u4H6ISerKHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

>>> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the

>>> unneeded partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I

>>> am left with a gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't

>>> know if I have a XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>>>

>>> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

>>> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without

>>> having to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would

>>> end up having their drive letters changed? I feel certain that

>>> somebody more knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>>>

>>> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

>>> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

>>> accomplish what I would like to do.

>>

>> If you have programs installed onto any of the "gapped" drive letters

>> leave them alone. In other words, you installed program X onto drive

>> G: and what would happen if you changed the drive letter for drive G:

>> to drive D:. The program would no longer run. Why, the computer's

>> operating system's registry will in all probability have references to

>> the G: drive for that program and can't easily be changed to drive D:.

>> Leave all alone!

>>

>>

>

> I use Partition Magic ver.8. It comes with a handy little ditty called

> 'Drive Mapper'. You tell it what the drive letter WAS and what it IS NOW

> and it makes all the necessary references within the OS. A very useful

> little program in this scenario. Look to see if you have it on you're PM

> disk.



Aha! Thank you for the pointer. I, too, use Partition Magic, v.8.

They bury the Drive Mapper utility in a way that I had not previously

discovered it. Moreover, it works. Thank you.
 
Another Aha! moment. I certainly wasn't aware that such a capability

existed within XP's disk management tool. Many thanks.



Crios wrote:

> Try: Start/ Ctrl Panel/ Perf&Maintenance/ Admin Tools/Comp Manag/ Disk

> Managmt/ R click on volume - Change drv letter&paths

>

> Hope this helps

>

> "HenriK" wrote in message

> news:u4H6ISerKHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

>> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the unneeded

>> partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am left with a

>> gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know if I have a

>> XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>>

>> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

>> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

>> to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up having

>> their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

>> knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>>

>> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

>> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

>> accomplish what I would like to do.

>

>
 
HenriK wrote:

> Another Aha! moment. I certainly wasn't aware that such a capability

> existed within XP's disk management tool. Many thanks.

>

> Crios wrote:

>> Try: Start/ Ctrl Panel/ Perf&Maintenance/ Admin Tools/Comp Manag/ Disk

>> Managmt/ R click on volume - Change drv letter&paths

>>

>> Hope this helps

>>

>> "HenriK" wrote in message

>> news:u4H6ISerKHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it with

>>> Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that the

>>> unneeded

>>> partition is removed and its space is assigned elsewhere, I am left

>>> with a

>>> gap in my drive letter sequence. Accordingly, I don't know if I have a

>>> XP-Pro question or a Partition Magic question.

>>>

>>> Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other application) that will

>>> allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence without having

>>> to reinstall the applications on the partition(s) that would end up

>>> having

>>> their drive letters changed? I feel certain that somebody more

>>> knowledgeable than I am has dealt with such a problem.

>>>

>>> Of is this a case where well enough should be left alone? Thanks, in

>>> advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

>>> accomplish what I would like to do.

>>

>>

>



A quicker way to get there is to Right click the 'My Computer' icon,

select 'Manage' then Disk Management and you're there.
 
In news:%23d7pxporKHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,

HenriK typed:

> Another Aha! moment. I certainly wasn't aware that such a capability

> existed within XP's disk management tool. Many thanks.



It works fairly well, but don't be too dissapointed if there are a few

glitches along the way. Things can and do go screwy sometimes; with a

working installation, there are a LOT of changes to be made and not all are

easily identified.



HTH,



Twayne







>

> Crios wrote:

>> Try: Start/ Ctrl Panel/ Perf&Maintenance/ Admin Tools/Comp Manag/

>> Disk Managmt/ R click on volume - Change drv letter&paths

>>

>> Hope this helps

>>

>> "HenriK" wrote in message

>> news:u4H6ISerKHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Recently, I deleted a small disk HD partition with nothing in it

>>> with Partition Magic on my 3.06 mHz P4, XP-Pro, Dell PC. Now that

>>> the unneeded partition is removed and its space is assigned

>>> elsewhere, I am left with a gap in my drive letter sequence.

>>> Accordingly, I don't know if I have a XP-Pro question or a

>>> Partition Magic question. Is there some feature in XP-Pro (or some other

>>> application) that

>>> will allow me to close up the gap in the drive letter sequence

>>> without having to reinstall the applications on the partition(s)

>>> that would end up having their drive letters changed? I feel

>>> certain that somebody more knowledgeable than I am has dealt with

>>> such a problem. Of is this a case where well enough should be left

>>> alone? Thanks,

>>> in advance, for advice, comments, or pointers to tutorials on how to

>>> accomplish what I would like to do.
 
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