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Adding a new hard disk to Linux, and kicking Windows' butt

itwire.com.au — Adding a second (or third or more!) hard drive to your computer is a great way to, well, give your computer more disk space. Ok, the concept is pretty logical but the process to make it work needs some explanation. Here’s what to do, plus one thing the Linux filesystem does brilliantly which Windows can’t do at all.

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  • TiMMY8765, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1windows+ntfs can do mountpoints just like linux. if you want to mount a disk to c:/mount, follow these steps:
    1. open the control panel, go to administrative tools
    2. launch the computer management app and select disk management
    3. for the drive you wish to mount, right click and choose 'Change drive letter and paths'
    4. remove it's drive letter and then click add
    5. select the second option and browse to c:/mount
    6. click OK

    everyone is surprised when I tell them ntfs can do symlinks, too. Linux is still better at it though.

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