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<DIV><STRONG>Shamil,</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> You might consider trying the Command Console. I
have found it useful for partitioning etc. but did not yet have the occasion to
try renaming of drives. Steps for setting up the console for Win_XP are given
below. I understand similar is the case for Win_2K.</DIV>
<DIV> Insert Win_XP Installation Disk. Exit the Installation
Screen (If it crops up). Go to the Command Prompt. Go to the drive holding the
CD. Change Directory to i386 . Type the
Command <STRONG><EM> winnt32.exe
/cmdcons</EM></STRONG> and press Enter. Follow the
Wizard.</DIV>
<DIV> On rebooting, Command Console (Also called Recovery
Console) will be offered as an option.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>A.D.Tejpal</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=shamil@smsconsulting.spb.ru
href="mailto:shamil@smsconsulting.spb.ru">Shamil Salakhetdinov</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=accessd@databaseadvisors.com
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">Access Developers discussion and
problem solving</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 15, 2003 22:57</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AccessD] OT: W2K gurus your
advice is needed...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Jim,<BR><BR>It would have been easy task but unfortunately W2K
doesn't let to change the<BR>system drive letter through Control
Panel->Administrative<BR>Tools|ComputerManagement|Disk Management
...<BR><BR>Did you try to do that? - try.... - and you'll get a
message:<BR><BR>"Cannot modify the drive letter of your system or boot
volume."<BR><BR>Shamil<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "jmoss111"
<<A
href="mailto:jmoss111@bellsouth.net">jmoss111@bellsouth.net</A>><BR>To:
"Access Developers discussion and problem solving"<BR><<A
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>><BR>Sent:
Friday, August 15, 2003 9:15 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: W2K gurus your
advice is needed...<BR><BR><BR>> Should be:<BR>><BR>> You can change
drive letter in Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Computer<BR>>
Management|Disk Management by right clicking the Change drive letter
item<BR>on<BR>> the menu.<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message
-----<BR>> From: "jmoss111" <<A
href="mailto:jmoss111@bellsouth.net">jmoss111@bellsouth.net</A>><BR>>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>><BR>>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:12 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: W2K
gurus your advice is needed...<BR>><BR>><BR>> > Shamil,<BR>>
><BR>> > You can change drive letter in Control anel|Administrative
ools|Computer<BR>> > Management|Disk Management by right clicking the
Change drive letter<BR>item<BR>> on<BR>> > the menu.<BR>>
><BR>> > Jim<BR>> > ----- Original Message -----<BR>> >
From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <<A
href="mailto:shamil@smsconsulting.spb.ru">shamil@smsconsulting.spb.ru</A>><BR>>
> To: "AccessD" <<A
href="mailto:AccessD@databaseadvisors.com">AccessD@databaseadvisors.com</A>><BR>>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:54 AM<BR>> > Subject: [AccessD]
OT: W2K gurus your advice is needed...<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >
> Hi All,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Here is a tough one - at
least the system engineers I know here can't<BR>> > answer<BR>> >
> this question/help me:<BR>> > ><BR>> > > - as the
result of my hardware upgrade and different (stupid)<BR>> >
manipulations<BR>> > > I've got my system disk (W2K) getting I: as
drive letter instead of C:<BR>> > > during booting (all the other
five disks are OK - D:, E:, F:, G:,<BR>H:)...<BR>> > ><BR>> >
> Funny? Yes - as the result when I try to logon after booting
it<BR>accepts<BR>> > > password but then after some time instead of
showing desktop icons<BR>etc.<BR>> it<BR>> > > shows "Saving your
settings" dialog and returns to Logon dialog...<BR>> > ><BR>> >
> I've found that system disk gets I: drive letter instead of C: by<BR>>
> connecting<BR>> > > to the problematic PC from another computer
and by using Disk<BR>Management<BR>> > > system utility. I've also
used Event viewer to see that W2K can't<BR>start<BR>> > > system
programs and services because it expects C:\..... as system<BR>> >
drive...<BR>> > > (It's interesting that it works at all... - this
W2K is a good<BR>> > software....)<BR>> > ><BR>> > >
MS probably never tested such a use case as I managed to
create<BR>here!...<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Well, the question is
how/and where can I set system drive letter back<BR>> to<BR>> > >
C:. I tried to find something in registry but failed. Is that
written<BR>in<BR>> a<BR>> > > system file? Which one?<BR>> >
><BR>> > > Of course I've backup and I can try to restore from it
but maybe it's<BR>> > > quicker to replace just one(?) file where
physical<->logical disk<BR>> > > correspondence is stored?
(I've spent quite some time on all that -<BR>> first<BR>> > >
thought was that this is MSBLAST but I run MSBLAST fix and it didn't<BR>>
find<BR>> > > anything... )<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Does
anybody know how is this drive mapping system file called and is<BR>it<BR>>
> > possible to solve my task by just overwriting this file? (of course
I<BR>> will<BR>> > > boot from another drive and use problematic
drive as slave and use<BR>> backup<BR>> > > copy to overwrite
system file keeping drives mappings)...<BR>> > ><BR>> > >
TIA for any info, tips and tricks,<BR>> > > I hope there are real NT
gurus here,<BR>> > > Shamil<BR>> > ><BR>> > >
--<BR>> > > e-mail: <A
href="mailto:shamil@smsconsulting.spb.ru">shamil@smsconsulting.spb.ru</A><BR>>
> > Web: <A
href="http://www.smsconsulting.spb.ru/shamil_s">http://www.smsconsulting.spb.ru/shamil_s</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>