Searching Two HDD

John Georg

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Dec 4, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/4/96

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I recently installed a 2.5 Gig HDD which has been partitioned to D, E,
and F drives. It was installed as a slave to the C drive. Now, when I
want to search the drives for a file or folder I have to access each
drive separately. How do I set up the computer to automatically search
C through F for a particular file or folder? Also, if I move a folder
from C to D, where do I make the changes to reflect the new path.
Thanks in advance,
John Georg
jge...@erols.com

Alan Edwards

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Dec 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/5/96

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jge...@erols.com (John Georg) wrote:

>I recently installed a 2.5 Gig HDD which has been partitioned to D, E,
>and F drives. It was installed as a slave to the C drive. Now, when I
>want to search the drives for a file or folder I have to access each
>drive separately. How do I set up the computer to automatically search
>C through F for a particular file or folder?

C:;D:;E:;F: in the "look in" box. i.e. separate the drives by a
semicolon.

> Also, if I move a folder from C to D, where do I make the changes to reflect the new path.

That depends what is in the folder. If it contains .exe files that are
referenced by shortcuts in the Start Menu, then you could

(a) change the properties of the shortcut in the applicable folder in
C:\Windows\StartMenu if they are minor programs.
The very real danger here is that the Registry most likely has info on
the programs. If you are confident with the Registry, you could go
through and change all the "C:\folder-name\program-name" references to
the new drive name, but this is not a job for the faint-hearted.

(b) use a program like Uninstaller or RemoveIt which will move the
programs from one drive to another and alter the registry, or

(c) you can save any data files, uninstall and reinstall the programs
on the new drive and move any data files etc. over.

If you don't have a program like Uninstaller, then I recommend (c)

I have done all three at some stage, so if you want any more info, let
me know. Send me names of specific programs and I may be able to
advise. (ACBNRT) ...or post the names and you are sure to get help
from the newsgroup.

regards...Alan

Fred Hamilton

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Dec 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/6/96

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On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 03:32:39 GMT, jge...@erols.com (John Georg) wrote:

Do this:

C:\;D:\;D:\;F:\;

in the look-in field and it will search all these drives...

Fred Hamilton

>I recently installed a 2.5 Gig HDD which has been partitioned to D, E,
>and F drives. It was installed as a slave to the C drive. Now, when I
>want to search the drives for a file or folder I have to access each
>drive separately. How do I set up the computer to automatically search

>C through F for a particular file or folder? Also, if I move a folder

>from C to D, where do I make the changes to reflect the new path.