From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Partition problem...
Date: 2 May 2000 13:46:56 GMT
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Michelle Konzack <starone AT cybercable DOT fr> wrote:

> If I put my first harddisk in an other Computer, the second is missing !!!
> ..and they do not find two Partitions... (f: and i:)

> If I my Windows try to access the second harddisk, Windows crashes.

> Now I need to make a small program, which works in the autoexec.bat and 
> check the second harddisk for the partitions f: and i: and its contents.

Testing wether the second disk is present should be simple. Just put
some 'special' file on drive f: or i:, and check for its existence
and/or contents. I.e. right in your autoexec.bat, you could write:


	if exist f:\michelle.2nd goto OK_2nd_drive_is_there
	
	rem handle the problem, here
	rem (may be impossible to handle, in which case you'll have to
        rem  throw an error message and refuse to go on)

	:OK_2nd_drive_is_there
	   
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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