Guest ric926 Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) 2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is right 0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back so i unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed up another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the sata. but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master ide on chnnl 0 thanks -- rf
Guest Sean Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c Hi RF See this kb article for step by step http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=223188 ;) Sean "ric926" <ric926@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EA7367C1-90F3-4584-A200-885542E870E7@microsoft.com... > tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) > 2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is > right > 0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? > > during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back so > i > unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed > up > another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the > scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the > sata. > but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master > ide > on chnnl 0 > thanks > > -- > rf
Guest John John Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c That won't work, it will most likely send the server in a reboot loop at the next restart. The article only applies if the drive letter was change after installation, it is meant to restore the drive letter to its original assignement. John Sean wrote: > Hi RF > > See this kb article for step by step > > http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=223188 > > ;) > > Sean > > "ric926" <ric926@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EA7367C1-90F3-4584-A200-885542E870E7@microsoft.com... > >>tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) >>2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is >>right >>0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? >> >>during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back so >>i >>unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed >>up >>another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the >>scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the >>sata. >>but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master >>ide >>on chnnl 0 >>thanks >> >>-- >>rf > > >
Guest John John Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c You must reinstall the operating system, there is no other way to change this. John ric926 wrote: > tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) > 2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is > right > 0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? > > during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back so i > unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed up > another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the > scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the sata. > but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master ide > on chnnl 0 > thanks >
Guest Sean Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c Why won't it work? I've used this method on Windows Workstations before without any problems and the KB article says it works for Server although I've never tried it on one. Sean "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:OtXGGRnBIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > That won't work, it will most likely send the server in a reboot loop at > the next restart. The article only applies if the drive letter was change > after installation, it is meant to restore the drive letter to its > original assignement. > > John > > Sean wrote: > >> Hi RF >> >> See this kb article for step by step >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=223188 >> >> ;) >> >> Sean >> >> "ric926" <ric926@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:EA7367C1-90F3-4584-A200-885542E870E7@microsoft.com... >> >>>tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) >>>2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is >>>right >>>0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? >>> >>>during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back >>>so i >>>unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed >>>up >>>another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the >>>scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the >>>sata. >>>but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master >>>ide >>>on chnnl 0 >>>thanks >>> >>>-- >>>rf >> >>
Guest John John Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c I don't want to provoke or insult you but I doubt that you have changed the boot volume letter from its installed assignment on any Windows operating system using this (or any other) method! Please read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/ When you install Windows all kinds of registry entries referencing to the boot volume drive letter are created. The system folders, user profiles and what not are all pointing to the drive letter on which Windows was installed, in the case of the original poster everything points to his drive D: Now, if you go in the registry and change only one entry so that only the drive letter assignment is changed everything else in the registry will point to the wrong drive. In the case of the OP, when he reboots the server and tries to log on the system will look for his profile on D:\Documents and Settings, but now that drive is designated as C, so he will not be able to log on because there will be no D: drive, or if there is one it will not contain the profiles. Even if he changes the profile location or the profile path in the registry and even if he could then log on there would be all kinds of errors because nothing else points to the right place, the operating system would be hopelessly broken. For your procedure to work you would have to change all registry references to the D: drive to reflect the new C: drive letter assignment. That is a nearly impossible gargantuan task! The only way to change the drive letter onto which Windows is installed it to reinstall it. John Sean wrote: > Why won't it work? > > I've used this method on Windows Workstations before without any problems > and the KB article says it works for Server although I've never tried it on > one. > > Sean > > "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:OtXGGRnBIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>That won't work, it will most likely send the server in a reboot loop at >>the next restart. The article only applies if the drive letter was change >>after installation, it is meant to restore the drive letter to its >>original assignement. >> >>John >> >>Sean wrote: >> >> >>>Hi RF >>> >>>See this kb article for step by step >>> >>>http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=223188 >>> >>>;) >>> >>>Sean >>> >>>"ric926" <ric926@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>news:EA7367C1-90F3-4584-A200-885542E870E7@microsoft.com... >>> >>> >>>>tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) >>>>2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is >>>>right >>>>0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? >>>> >>>>during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back >>>>so i >>>>unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed >>>>up >>>>another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the >>>>scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the >>>>sata. >>>>but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master >>>>ide >>>>on chnnl 0 >>>>thanks >>>> >>>>-- >>>>rf >>> >>> >
Guest ric926 Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c sounds like your right, damn that is the last thing i wanted to do, when the orig install failed it did go into a boot loop with a bsod that went by so fast i never got the chance to read it. thanks -- rf "John John" wrote: > You must reinstall the operating system, there is no other way to change > this. > > John > > ric926 wrote: > > > tried to do an uograde from svr00 to svr03, i have a 3 phys hd (ide) > > 2 drives on a stripe (sata) and 2 scsi drives striped, now my boot.ini is > > right > > 0/0/0/1, but it shows as my d (letter) drive, can i swap c and d? > > > > during the upgrade it failed and there was no way to go forward or back so i > > unplugged the sata and the scsi, i guess thats how the letters got messed up > > another interesting thing when the system boots, it posts then polls the > > scsi and drive 1 says its c, and drive 2 says its d, then it polls the sata. > > but even w/the scsi saying they are c and d it still picked up the master ide > > on chnnl 0 > > thanks > > >
Guest John John Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c The information here should help: Overview of PNP enumeration and hard disk drive letter assignments in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825668 You may want to disconnect disks before you install, they can be brought back online after Windows is installed. Make sure you have no other external drives, removable drives or card readers connected during the Windows installation. Good luck, John ric926 wrote: > sounds like your right, damn that is the last thing i wanted to do, when the > orig install failed it did go into a boot loop with a bsod that went by so > fast i never got the chance to read it. thanks
Guest ric926 Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c microsoft says "Important When you upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003, the number that was assigned to a disk in Windows 2000 will not be the same as the number that will be assigned to that same disk in Windows Server 2003. Only the disk number changes; the drive letter does not change." and that is what happened, but they dont really say how to fix it, there is a link, i will chk it out, thanks for all your help , will let you know what i find out -- rf "John John" wrote: > The information here should help: > > Overview of PNP enumeration and hard disk drive letter assignments in > Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825668 > > You may want to disconnect disks before you install, they can be brought > back online after Windows is installed. Make sure you have no other > external drives, removable drives or card readers connected during the > Windows installation. > > Good luck, > > John > > ric926 wrote: > > > sounds like your right, damn that is the last thing i wanted to do, when the > > orig install failed it did go into a boot loop with a bsod that went by so > > fast i never got the chance to read it. thanks >
Guest John John Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Re: changing drive install letter from d to c This is where you use your bare metal backup and return the server to its previous condition ;-) Let us know how you make out. John ric926 wrote: > microsoft says "Important When you upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows > Server 2003, the number that was assigned to a disk in Windows 2000 will not > be the same as the number that will be assigned to that same disk in Windows > Server 2003. Only the disk number changes; the drive letter does not change." > and that is what happened, but they dont really say how to fix it, there is > a link, i will chk it out, thanks for all your help , will let you know what > i find out >
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