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Old 06-07-2004, 04:49 AM   #1
bill allemann
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I needed to delete a RAID mirror setup and remove one of the hard drives.
The machine is win2k worksta, sp4 with an Epox 8kTA3+ mobo and Highpoint
HPT370 raid controller. I deleted the mirror setup in the controller BIOS
and I thought, since the drives are mirrored, that the same files would be
on both disks. I then removed the hard drive that was on the secondary
master port. The machine then booted but would not recognize passwords. I
reinstalled the hard drive and it booted OK, but now Win installed the drive
as G: and DiskManager shows this G: drive as "system" and apparently the
boot drive, because the drive letter can't be changed. Is there any way to
transfer the system and boot files to the current C: drive, so that I can
remove the G: drive??
Thanks
Bill

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Old 06-07-2004, 03:19 PM   #2
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Try to reinitialize the disks: delete everything from
HKLM\System\MountedDevices and reboot or edit its content first.


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Old 06-07-2004, 08:04 PM   #3
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Wow, that did the trick!!
Thanks a bunch.
Bill
"Jetro" <jetro@internet.net> wrote in message
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> Try to reinitialize the disks: delete everything from
> HKLM\System\MountedDevices and reboot or edit its content first.
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Old 07-07-2004, 02:21 AM   #4
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Sure it did )
You're welcome.


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