Hello,

A second hard drive was installed in my Windows 2000 Server SP4, formatted
as one big NTFS partition, and assigned drive letter R:. This partition
contains documents. The server is the printer server, and the routing and
remote access server. My users have network drive I: mapped to the second
hard drive.

I would like to change the partition's drive letter from R: to I:. Can I do
this while users are logged on to the network and possibly accessing the
partition?

Thanks for your help,
Millie

"Millie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:38D3CDA1-159C-4E54-A4AC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> A second hard drive was installed in my Windows 2000 Server SP4, formatted
> as one big NTFS partition, and assigned drive letter R:. This partition
> contains documents. The server is the printer server, and the routing and
> remote access server. My users have network drive I: mapped to the second
> hard drive.
>
> I would like to change the partition's drive letter from R: to I:. Can I
do
> this while users are logged on to the network and possibly accessing the
> partition?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Millie

No. You'll have to close all files, delete the share, change the drive
letter, recreate the share, then let users get back in again.

I would like to ensure I'm hearing what you are saying:

1. "Close all file" means users can be logged in to
the network but not accessing any of the files on
partition R:?

2. "Delete the share" means go to the properties of
partition R: and click the 'Do not share'radio
button?

3. "Recreate the share" means go to the properties of
the newly relettered partition I: and click on the
'share as' radio button and then type the share name?

4. "Let the users go back in" means the users can access
the newly lettered partition I:? And I don't have to
remapped the users' network drive I: to the newly
relettered partition I:?

Thanks again for your help,
Millie


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Millie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:38D3CDA1-159C-4E54-A4AC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > A second hard drive was installed in my Windows 2000 Server SP4, formatted
> > as one big NTFS partition, and assigned drive letter R:. This partition
> > contains documents. The server is the printer server, and the routing and
> > remote access server. My users have network drive I: mapped to the second
> > hard drive.
> >
> > I would like to change the partition's drive letter from R: to I:. Can I
> do
> > this while users are logged on to the network and possibly accessing the
> > partition?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Millie
>
> No. You'll have to close all files, delete the share, change the drive
> letter, recreate the share, then let users get back in again.
>
>
>

See below.

"Millie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FBE41158-6083-4398-BCC1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I would like to ensure I'm hearing what you are saying:
>
> 1. "Close all file" means users can be logged in to
> the network but not accessing any of the files on
> partition R:?

Yes.

> 2. "Delete the share" means go to the properties of
> partition R: and click the 'Do not share'radio
> button?

Yes, or use the command line tool that server administrators
often use.

The next step is to change the drive letter. In theory,
you should be able to do this without rebooting, when
all files are closed. In practice you often have to reboot
the server anyway, because Windows has its own
ideas about open handles.

> 3. "Recreate the share" means go to the properties of
> the newly relettered partition I: and click on the
> 'share as' radio button and then type the share name?

Yes.

> 4. "Let the users go back in" means the users can access
> the newly lettered partition I:? And I don't have to
> remapped the users' network drive I: to the newly
> relettered partition I:?

In a robust environment, users map their share in a
logon script with a command such as:

net use F: \\Server\Finance

If the share "Finance" exists on the server then it will
be mapped to drive F: at logon time, regardless of
the physical location on the server disk.

> Thanks again for your help,
> Millie
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Millie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:38D3CDA1-159C-4E54-A4AC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > A second hard drive was installed in my Windows 2000 Server SP4,
formatted
> > > as one big NTFS partition, and assigned drive letter R:. This
partition
> > > contains documents. The server is the printer server, and the routing
and
> > > remote access server. My users have network drive I: mapped to the
second
> > > hard drive.
> > >
> > > I would like to change the partition's drive letter from R: to I:. Can
I
> > do
> > > this while users are logged on to the network and possibly accessing
the
> > > partition?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > Millie
> >
> > No. You'll have to close all files, delete the share, change the drive
> > letter, recreate the share, then let users get back in again.
> >
> >
> >

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>A second hard drive was installed in my Windows 2000
Server SP4, formatted
>as one big NTFS partition, and assigned drive letter R:.
This partition
>contains documents. The server is the printer server, and
the routing and
>remote access server. My users have network drive I:
mapped to the second
>hard drive.
>
>I would like to change the partition's drive letter from
R: to I:. Can I do
>this while users are logged on to the network and
possibly accessing the
>partition?
>
>Thanks for your help,
>Millie
>.


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