As I am running out of space on drive C I added another drive, E (D is a 
CD-Rom). Microsoft say that I can gain access to the space on E as though it 
were on C by mounting drive E into a folder on C. 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889 says

"You can also use mounted drives when you need additional storage space on a 
volume. If you map a folder on that volume to another volume with available 
disk space (for example, 2 gigabytes), you extend the storage space of the 
volume by 2 gigabytes (GB). With mounted drives, you are not limited by the 
size of the volume in which the folder is created."

Doesn't seem to have worked. I also tried mounting C into a folder on E and 
that didn't work either. Any ideas?

John Smith wrote:
> As I am running out of space on drive C I added another drive, E (D is a 
> CD-Rom). Microsoft say that I can gain access to the space on E as though it 
> were on C by mounting drive E into a folder on C. 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889 says
> 
> "You can also use mounted drives when you need additional storage space on a 
> volume. If you map a folder on that volume to another volume with available 
> disk space (for example, 2 gigabytes), you extend the storage space of the 
> volume by 2 gigabytes (GB). With mounted drives, you are not limited by the 
> size of the volume in which the folder is created."
> 
> Doesn't seem to have worked. I also tried mounting C into a folder on E and 
> that didn't work either. Any ideas? 
> 
> 

Can you list the steps you went through and any errors you came across? 
Your C:\ is NTFS?

"harikeo"  wrote in message 
news:hcn2pg$2eml$1@energise.enta.net...
> John Smith wrote:
>> As I am running out of space on drive C I added another drive, E (D is a 
>> CD-Rom). Microsoft say that I can gain access to the space on E as though 
>> it were on C by mounting drive E into a folder on C. 
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889 says
>>
>> "You can also use mounted drives when you need additional storage space 
>> on a volume. If you map a folder on that volume to another volume with 
>> available disk space (for example, 2 gigabytes), you extend the storage 
>> space of the volume by 2 gigabytes (GB). With mounted drives, you are not 
>> limited by the size of the volume in which the folder is created."
>>
>> Doesn't seem to have worked. I also tried mounting C into a folder on E 
>> and that didn't work either. Any ideas?
>
> Can you list the steps you went through and any errors you came across? 
> Your C:\ is NTFS?

My Computer > Manage
Right click on E > Change Drive Letter and Paths
Add > Mount in empty NTFS folder
New folder > (E Drive)

No errors, the drive icon appears in the root of C where I created the 
folder called E Drive

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:34:05 -0000
"John Smith"  wrote:

> No errors, the drive icon appears in the root of C where I created
> the folder called E Drive 
> 
> 
ISTR there used to be some strange limitations to what you can do in
the root folder, I wonder if this is one of them.  Also have you tried
mounting on a folder that has no space or odd characters in its name?

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:34:05 -0000, "John Smith" 
wrote:

>
>"harikeo"  wrote in message 
>news:hcn2pg$2eml$1@energise.enta.net...
>> John Smith wrote:
>>> As I am running out of space on drive C I added another drive, E (D is a 
>>> CD-Rom). Microsoft say that I can gain access to the space on E as though 
>>> it were on C by mounting drive E into a folder on C. 
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889 says
>>>
>>> "You can also use mounted drives when you need additional storage space 
>>> on a volume. If you map a folder on that volume to another volume with 
>>> available disk space (for example, 2 gigabytes), you extend the storage 
>>> space of the volume by 2 gigabytes (GB). With mounted drives, you are not 
>>> limited by the size of the volume in which the folder is created."
>>>
>>> Doesn't seem to have worked. I also tried mounting C into a folder on E 
>>> and that didn't work either. Any ideas?
>>
>> Can you list the steps you went through and any errors you came across? 
>> Your C:\ is NTFS?
>
>My Computer > Manage
>Right click on E > Change Drive Letter and Paths
>Add > Mount in empty NTFS folder
>New folder > (E Drive)
>
>No errors, the drive icon appears in the root of C where I created the 
>folder called E Drive 

That's what it does. It doesn't magically add the 2gig to the C:
drive, it adds the 2gig to the folder C:\E Drive.

You're best off imaging the C: drive to your new hard drive and
(Paragon, Ghost, whatever you like) and set the "increase size of
image onto new drive" options in your imaging software.

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
When the ad says "Kills 99.9 percent of bacteria!" my reflexive 
response is "...and the 0.1 percent left can bench-press a truck"
                                   -- David Staples, asr

Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:34:05 -0000, "John Smith" 
> wrote:
> 
>> "harikeo"  wrote in message 
>> news:hcn2pg$2eml$1@energise.enta.net...
>>> John Smith wrote:
>>>> As I am running out of space on drive C I added another drive, E (D is a 
>>>> CD-Rom). Microsoft say that I can gain access to the space on E as though 
>>>> it were on C by mounting drive E into a folder on C. 
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889 says
>>>>
>>>> "You can also use mounted drives when you need additional storage space 
>>>> on a volume. If you map a folder on that volume to another volume with 
>>>> available disk space (for example, 2 gigabytes), you extend the storage 
>>>> space of the volume by 2 gigabytes (GB). With mounted drives, you are not 
>>>> limited by the size of the volume in which the folder is created."
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't seem to have worked. I also tried mounting C into a folder on E 
>>>> and that didn't work either. Any ideas?
>>> Can you list the steps you went through and any errors you came across? 
>>> Your C:\ is NTFS?
>> My Computer > Manage
>> Right click on E > Change Drive Letter and Paths
>> Add > Mount in empty NTFS folder
>> New folder > (E Drive)
>>
>> No errors, the drive icon appears in the root of C where I created the 
>> folder called E Drive 
> 
> That's what it does. It doesn't magically add the 2gig to the C:
> drive, it adds the 2gig to the folder C:\E Drive.
> 
> You're best off imaging the C: drive to your new hard drive and
> (Paragon, Ghost, whatever you like) and set the "increase size of
> image onto new drive" options in your imaging software.
> 
> 	Cheers - Jaimie


Have a look at these:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

http://daniele.livejournal.com/66210.html

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sB8OoH33seYC&lpg=PA242
&ots=msQBuzUXk3&dq=linkd%20xp&pg=PA242#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/
all/proddocs/en-us/mountvol.mspx?mfr=true

Phil, London