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[RT] Re: OT - Win2000 disk letter change



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I had a similar problem a while back, here's the solution that worked for me

http://www.murraymoffatt.com/software-problem-0007.html

HTH,
Michael

At 03:55 PM 3/21/2004, you wrote:
>I made my usual Ghost backup disk clone, but didn't remove the second
>(removable) hard drive when I rebooted to Win2000. It seems the drive
>letters were rearranged on the reboot. I did some work on the computer
>with both disks operating before I noticed that both disks were in the
>computer. When I removed the second disk and rebooted from the
>primary disk, I could not log on anymore.
>
>I put the second disk back, and could then log on. It seems the work
>that I did went onto the backup disk instead of the primary disk. I
>tried to change the drive letters on the primary disk back the what it
>was originally. It did allow me to change "C" on the now-backup disk
>to another letter, which I did. "C" was now "J", the next available
>letter. However, when I tried to change the primary disk (the now-boot
>disk) from "F" to "C" it would not allow me to change it. When I tried
>to change "J" back to "C", it would NOT allow that either!
>
>So - now I have NO drive "C" anywhere, and sure enough, the computer
>won't boot with either one or both disks inserted.
>
>Any ideas on a way to recover from this so I can reboot would be MOST
>welcome.
>
>Learned one thing - it's not a good idea to do things when I'm very
>tired.
>
>Thanks,
>
>ztrader




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