Boot Drive has changed from C: to F:

[AVB]

I have a Domain Controller that had two partitions C: and E:. I jumped
on the DC today and saw a F: Partition. So I checked it out and saw
that it is the same exact file structure as C:. I'm not sure why it's
there ( I think it could have been a backup of the C: drive I don't
remember).

So I tried to find the creation date of the partion so I looked in My
Computer (which there is no creation date) next I opened Computer
Managment's Disk Manager (although I had to use Dell's OpenManage Disk
Manager cause Window's Disk Manager was not there. Which seems odd
cause it used to be!)

Anyways when I opened Dell's DiskManager I can only see the F: Drive
and the E: Drive and it says the F: Drive is the Boot Drive and E:
Drive is the page file drive. (I divided the page file across the C:
Drive and the E: drive some time ago). But when I look in Computer
Management ->Storage->Logical Drives I see all three drives C:,E:,F:.

So I started looking around and checking out the shortcuts in the Start
Menu of my login and they all point to F:\Program Files... etc.
I also went to Computer Managment Properties-> Advanced Tab->
Environmental Variables and a bunch of the system variables such as the
WinDir,temp folders etc are all point to F:. I also noticed that if I
create a folder or copy a file in the F: partition it automatically
creates the same thing in the C: Partition. The size of both the C and
F: Partitions are the same with the same amount of space used and left.


This is a Windows 2000 Advanced Server running a RAID 5 array with only
three disks.

I have no idea why this happened or how to fix it. I am hesitant to
delete the partion.
Has anyone seen anything like this?
Could this have happened just because a copy of the C: drive was made
for backup purposes?

Any reponses would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Dave Patrick]

Are you using dynamic disks? These articles may help. Also there is now a v2
of the rollup but WU won't suggest it if v1 is installed.

The system alternates between the original system drive and the new virtual
system drive letter every time that you restart so I'd restart and make sure
the drive letter is correct and then apply V2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];904564
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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|I have a Domain Controller that had two partitions C: and E:. I jumped
| on the DC today and saw a F: Partition. So I checked it out and saw
| that it is the same exact file structure as C:. I'm not sure why it's
| there ( I think it could have been a backup of the C: drive I don't
| remember).
|
| So I tried to find the creation date of the partion so I looked in My
| Computer (which there is no creation date) next I opened Computer
| Managment's Disk Manager (although I had to use Dell's OpenManage Disk
| Manager cause Window's Disk Manager was not there. Which seems odd
| cause it used to be!)
|
| Anyways when I opened Dell's DiskManager I can only see the F: Drive
| and the E: Drive and it says the F: Drive is the Boot Drive and E:
| Drive is the page file drive. (I divided the page file across the C:
| Drive and the E: drive some time ago). But when I look in Computer
| Management ->Storage->Logical Drives I see all three drives C:,E:,F:.
|
| So I started looking around and checking out the shortcuts in the Start
| Menu of my login and they all point to F:\Program Files... etc.
| I also went to Computer Managment Properties-> Advanced Tab->
| Environmental Variables and a bunch of the system variables such as the
| WinDir,temp folders etc are all point to F:. I also noticed that if I
| create a folder or copy a file in the F: partition it automatically
| creates the same thing in the C: Partition. The size of both the C and
| F: Partitions are the same with the same amount of space used and left.
|
|
| This is a Windows 2000 Advanced Server running a RAID 5 array with only
| three disks.
|
| I have no idea why this happened or how to fix it. I am hesitant to
| delete the partion.
| Has anyone seen anything like this?
| Could this have happened just because a copy of the C: drive was made
| for backup purposes?
|
| Any reponses would be greatly appreciated!
|