Boot Partition Changed from C: to F:

[Guest]

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!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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!

Run regedit.exe, navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices,
delete DosDevices\F: and then reboot the server.

 

[Guest]

Awesome! Quick Response! Very nice! Thank you very much.

Do you know why this happened (so I can avoid this in the future) and what
it's called?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This can happen when you use imaging products
or partition managers, e.g. Ghos.

 

[Dave Patrick]

multi-posted

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Regards,

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

|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]

More than likely the rollup V1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];904564

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Regards,

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

:
| This can happen when you use imaging products
| or partition managers, e.g. Ghos.