From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Partition problem...
Date: 2 May 2000 22:40:46 GMT
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Michelle Konzack <starone AT cybercable DOT fr> wrote:
>>	if exist f:\michelle.2nd goto OK_2nd_drive_is_there

> It give me a system error

> A(bbrechen) W(iederholen) U(ebergehen)

That only should happen if there is no disk 'f:' at all. From your
previous message, I gathered the impression that only 'f:' and 'i:'
were missing if the second disk is not present, implying that what
would otherwise have been drive 'g:' should now turn up as 'f:',
automatically. For the case that 'f:' is not present at all, you
may be able to use this check:

	if not exist f:\nul  goto Ooops_2nd_harddrive_not_there

I've seen reports that this old trick may no longer work with newer
DOS versions and/or Windows 32bit file access drivers, though.


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