more than 26 drives possible?

[Talal Itani]

Hello,

I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?

 

[Bob I]

Sure, they just can't have letters assigned. Please observe in Map
Network Drive Wizard.

Talal Itani wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
>
>

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Talal Itani wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
>
>
Having never gotten past 13 drives, I wouldn't know. However, I might
suggest it's time to buy a second computer...

Bill

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:41 -0700, Bill Sharpe
<wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote:

> Talal Itani wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
> >
> >
> Having never gotten past 13 drives, I wouldn't know. However, I might
> suggest it's time to buy a second computer...


Or, much more likely, change your partitioning scheme.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[JS]

How to create and use NTFS mounted drives
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889/en-us

JS

> Hello,
>
> I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
>

 

[Mike]

Don't think so. Not sure why you would need that many drives/partitions but
you might think about adding a new server.

"Talal Itani" wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
>
>
>

 

[BruceM]

Well I can think of a reason.
I've got the 29 disc set of "Art Explosion" (clipart).
Instead of having to insert disc "x" all the time I've ripped the ISO's to
my HD & then set up a heap of drives with Alcohol 120%......... Works
terrific & it's not wearing out my drives at all. I just leave the most
often used ones mounted all the time.
Not sure who said they had to be HD's or partitions?





"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Don't think so. Not sure why you would need that many drives/partitions
> but
> you might think about adding a new server.
>
> "Talal Itani" wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
>>
>>
>>

 

[Noozer]

"Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Talal Itani wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I there a way to have more than 26 logical drives with XP?
> Having never gotten past 13 drives, I wouldn't know. However, I might
> suggest it's time to buy a second computer...

I'm at 19 drives myself... only two physical drives and single partition on
each. The rest are network shares or folder redirects.

 

[Noozer]

"BruceM" <bruce9950@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23m$WwFlzHHA.5408@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Well I can think of a reason.
> I've got the 29 disc set of "Art Explosion" (clipart).
> Instead of having to insert disc "x" all the time I've ripped the ISO's to
> my HD & then set up a heap of drives with Alcohol 120%......... Works
> terrific & it's not wearing out my drives at all. I just leave the most
> often used ones mounted all the time.

Wouldn't that work better if you simply dumped all the files into a single
directory someplace? These are just data files, right?

 

[BruceM]

Yes, that would work probably better I guess. I am actually considering
doing that but doing it direct onto an external HD. That way I can quite
easily just lend it to a friend if I wish to. Not real sure if the USB will
be fast enough but I suspect it might only slow searches down slightly. It
will be about 19gig of data.



"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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>
> "BruceM" <bruce9950@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23m$WwFlzHHA.5408@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Well I can think of a reason.
>> I've got the 29 disc set of "Art Explosion" (clipart).
>> Instead of having to insert disc "x" all the time I've ripped the ISO's
>> to my HD & then set up a heap of drives with Alcohol 120%......... Works
>> terrific & it's not wearing out my drives at all. I just leave the most
>> often used ones mounted all the time.
>
> Wouldn't that work better if you simply dumped all the files into a single
> directory someplace? These are just data files, right?
>