Can't Login without 2 hard drives present !?

[Joseph]

I have a windows pc(on a network )with ONE hard drive. That drive had 2
partitions: C and D.

I have a second hard drive that already had windows on it and 2
partitions also.
I did the stupid thing of adding that second hard drive to my PC. When
I booted up the machine with both Hard drives(both with windows on it)
it ended up
1. changing my drive letters.
2. started looking for the pagefile on the 2nd hard drive

Original hard drive had two partitions: C and D. Those ended up
becoming F and D.
Second hard drive had two partitions: F and G. Those ended up becoming
C and G.

Originally I couldn't login without an error telling me the pagefile
was too small or didn't exist. I corrected that by booting in safe
mode, logging in, and changing where the system looks for the pagefile
[back onto F: (originally C)] It was also pointed correctly to F: in
the registry.

Now I'm able to login but my drive letters are still screwed up. F: is
the system drive and won't allow me to change the letter back to C:.

Even worse, I am only able to login when BOTH drives are connected.
When I physically remove the second hard drive and boot up it will take
me to the login screen but won't let me login. When I try logging in it
kicks me back out to the login prompt with no error message. If I
connect back the 2nd hard drive it logs in fine. I feel like I
corrected the pagefile error (I see no more pagefile error message) but
I don't know what Windows is looking for on the 2nd hard drive that is
preventing it from logging in.

Any help would be appreciated.
Joseph

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Joseph" <[email protected]>

| I have a windows pc(on a network )with ONE hard drive. That drive had 2
| partitions: C and D.
|
| I have a second hard drive that already had windows on it and 2
| partitions also.
| I did the stupid thing of adding that second hard drive to my PC. When
| I booted up the machine with both Hard drives(both with windows on it)
| it ended up
| 1. changing my drive letters.
| 2. started looking for the pagefile on the 2nd hard drive

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Yeah and I also saw...

I have a windows 2000 pc with ONE hard drive. That drive had 2
partitions: C and D.

I have a second hard drive that already had windows 2000 on it and 2
partitions also.
I did the stupid thing of adding that second hard drive to my PC. When
I booted up the machine with both Hard drives(both with win200 on it)
it ended up
1. changing my drive letters.
2. started looking for the pagefile on the 2nd hard drive


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[Guest]

Well,1st fix youre OS disk,unplug the other,boot to safe mode if needed,open
system proprties,advanced,page file button,change,select C: then set to:"Let
windows manage" Do for all partitions,close out,install xp cd,exit the info
page,restart computer,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,then
type:CHKDSK C: /R When its thru type:EXIT Let xp restart.Also,when in
system
properties,advanced,start up recovery,the last words in OS window should
read:
fast detect If more exist,edit,delete the extra (only).After start
up,power off
reconnect other drive,start in safe mode,go to run,type:diskmgmt.msc Select
a drive in msc,actions,all,change drive letter/path change letter(s).

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

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Yeah and I also saw...

I have a windows 2000 pc with ONE hard drive. That drive had 2
partitions: C and D.

I have a second hard drive that already had windows 2000 on it and 2
partitions also.
I did the stupid thing of adding that second hard drive to my PC. When
I booted up the machine with both Hard drives(both with win200 on it)
it ended up
1. changing my drive letters.
2. started looking for the pagefile on the 2nd hard drive


This is a WinXP News Group and it is NOT correct to obfuscate the OS
so you can Multi-Post this to other News Groups.

You posted this in Win2K and wait for an answer there.

Do not Multi-Post. Cross-Post to relevant "On Topic" News Groups.

Good catch David. Some people just live there life trying to get over on
everyone else.
I would say their problem lies in the way they..........NAAW. Let the
2000 people answer the question.
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