Hi

Thanks for the help. I feel happy about doing this now.

ChrisC Wrote:
> Hi, XP, and all your programs, would be better off on the 180g drive as
> far
> as performance is concerned as it is a newer, more efficient drive....
> ChrisC
> "Dixonian69" Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
> news:69336053-D80A-4C99-AB6D-A1BAB7DE7D05@microsoft.com...
> as long as you have installed OS on 20 gig HDD and are running
> windows
> from it.
> you can put 180 gig in computer as slave, start windows from 20 gig
> and
> format "180" gig HDD. Don't think it will be called "C" though.
> What ever I'm sure Windows won't let you format the HDD that you
> booted
> from.
> yes yuor method works.
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "barrie" wrote:
>
>
> Hi
> I want to instal a small second hard drive 20Gb, just to hold os
> xp.Then use my180Gb drive as storage space for all my programs and
> work. In order to format the 180Gb drive that I use now as my main
> drive with xp on it, can I go to start / my computer / local disl c /
> right click and select format?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Barrie
>
>
> --
> barrie
>


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barrie