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  1. April 16th, 2006, 10:56 PM #1
    Platypus
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    DOS-based Windows ran out of drive letters at Z:

    I've never researched, does XP do anything to mount drives beyond this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Platypus
    DOS-based Windows ran out of drive letters at Z:

    I've never researched, does XP do anything to mount drives beyond this?

    Not with Basic disk volumes, but it does have Dynamic disks available, which I think can overcome some of the limitations, though I might be wrong - I haven't ever looked at dynamic disks in detail.


    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343/EN-US/
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