Windows 2000 Changing drive letter back to C:

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fThe drive letter on my disk got changed to D:. Windows 2000 will still boot
and logon OK, however nothing will run properly. I know you can't change the
system volume letter normally, but I can't get into the utility to change
drive letters anyway.
How can I change the drive letter back to C:?
 
"someone" <this.email@doesnt.exist.com> wrote in message
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> fThe drive letter on my disk got changed to D:. Windows 2000 will still
boot
> and logon OK, however nothing will run properly. I know you can't change
the
> system volume letter normally, but I can't get into the utility to change
> drive letters anyway.
> How can I change the drive letter back to C:?


Explain *exactly* how you managed to change it to D:
 
How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188

John

someone wrote:

> fThe drive letter on my disk got changed to D:. Windows 2000 will still boot
> and logon OK, however nothing will run properly. I know you can't change the
> system volume letter normally, but I can't get into the utility to change
> drive letters anyway.
> How can I change the drive letter back to C:?
 
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>
> "someone" <this.email@doesnt.exist.com> wrote in message
> news:5B372C9B-41EF-480E-A2EB-53E244A917E9@microsoft.com...
> > fThe drive letter on my disk got changed to D:. Windows 2000 will still
> boot
> > and logon OK, however nothing will run properly. I know you can't change
> the
> > system volume letter normally, but I can't get into the utility to
change
> > drive letters anyway.
> > How can I change the drive letter back to C:?
>
>
> Explain *exactly* how you managed to change it to D:
>
I'm not the OP but I recently had this happen when the disk migration
program that came with a new hard drive crashed half way through the
process. Apparently the program changed the system drive letter to allow the
new drive to be the c drive. I didn't even know this was possible at the
time. Freaked me out until I found this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188

Louis
 
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> >
> >
> > Explain *exactly* how you managed to change it to D:
> >
> I'm not the OP but I recently had this happen when the disk migration
> program that came with a new hard drive crashed half way through the
> process. Apparently the program changed the system drive letter to allow
the
> new drive to be the c drive. I didn't even know this was possible at the
> time. Freaked me out until I found this:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188
>
> Louis
>
>


I once did a disk clone

but did not remove the original drive when I rebooted...

then, when I did remove the original drive...
the cloned system worked perfectly ...however it had a drive letter other
than C:
 
OK, well long story short - I was trying to make a backup of my hard drive
cause I knew it was going to fail (it would periodically stop spinning). I
managed to copy nearly every file onto it, but then I had to start Windows
2000 on the backup drive to grab some extra files, but noticed the backup
drive was D: and the original was C:. Stupidly enough, I changed C: to F: and
then tried to change D: to C:. Of course, it didn't work and I restarted so I
ended up with two hard drives, neither of them C: and neither able to change
it back.

But following those steps, I was able to change them both back to C: and now
both are working fine. Thank you very much.
 
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