Restore 'C' drive letter designation?

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After deleting a RAID 1 setup, I proceeded to change the
partition drive letters with disc management...in the
attempt to move the C designation to the system
partition, it was "lost" once I removed it from another
partition.
Now what? The system cannot see a hard drive during
authentication - and can't reinstall the operating system
since it can't find a hard drive!

Even though this was a naive/ignorant blunder, it must
happen enough that someone's got a remedy - I hope.
Any sites to direct me? Help! (THanks!!)

 

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Boot you raid controller disks or (Ctrl-H or Ctrl-A at POST) to enter
controller bios, and build the desired raid. Then you'll want to boot the
Windows 2000 setup disks or CD-Rom. The set of four install disks can be
created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on
the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit)
and follow the prompts.

Then *F6* very early and very important (at setup is inspecting your system)
in the setup to prevent drive controller detection, and select S to specify
additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer
supplied Windows 2000 driver for your raid controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"mgarbinski" wrote:
| After deleting a RAID 1 setup, I proceeded to change the
| partition drive letters with disc management...in the
| attempt to move the C designation to the system
| partition, it was "lost" once I removed it from another
| partition.
| Now what? The system cannot see a hard drive during
| authentication - and can't reinstall the operating system
| since it can't find a hard drive!
|
| Even though this was a naive/ignorant blunder, it must
| happen enough that someone's got a remedy - I hope.
| Any sites to direct me? Help! (THanks!!)

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.advanced_server (More info?)

Thanks Dave! I'll give it a try.
>-----Original Message-----
>Boot you raid controller disks or (Ctrl-H or Ctrl-A at
POST) to enter
>controller bios, and build the desired raid. Then you'll
want to boot the
>Windows 2000 setup disks or CD-Rom. The set of four
install disks can be
>created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the
\bootdisk directory on
>the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or
makebt32.exe (from 32 bit)
>and follow the prompts.
>
>Then *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system)
>in the setup to prevent drive controller detection, and
select S to specify
>additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer
>supplied Windows 2000 driver for your raid controller in
drive "A"
>
>If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers,
then it may be too
>late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have
already assigned the
>resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.
>
>When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and
or other partitions
>found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the
install, then again
>restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to
avoid unexpected drive
>letter assignments with your new install.
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"mgarbinski" wrote:
>| After deleting a RAID 1 setup, I proceeded to change
the
>| partition drive letters with disc management...in the
>| attempt to move the C designation to the system
>| partition, it was "lost" once I removed it from another
>| partition.
>| Now what? The system cannot see a hard drive during
>| authentication - and can't reinstall the operating
system
>| since it can't find a hard drive!
>|
>| Even though this was a naive/ignorant blunder, it must
>| happen enough that someone's got a remedy - I hope.
>| Any sites to direct me? Help! (THanks!!)
>
>
>.
>