C drive letter is the same as F

[Tim J]

Thanks, that kinda worked. So now DiskManger shows the correct settings but
I still see F: in explorer and in Logical Drives. Any more good tips?

Thanks for your help Pegasus.

 

[Tim J]

I have no mapped drives, in explorer it says F: is local. When I go into
Computer Mangement\Storage\Disk Mangement it looks fine but if I go
Mangement\Storage\Logical Drives it lists F: as a Local Drive. Hope that
helps.

Thanks

 

[Tim J]

Hi,

I think this is very strange and would like to get it fixed. Here goes...
When I setup my server a year ago I had to logical drives a C and D. Today
I see a C, D and F, the weird this is that C and F are the same. If I go to
DiskManager it shows D and F on Disk 0. I just want my C and D back, please
help.

Thanks

Tim

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi,

I think this is very strange and would like to get it fixed. Here goes...
When I setup my server a year ago I had to logical drives a C and D. Today
I see a C, D and F, the weird this is that C and F are the same. If I go to
DiskManager it shows D and F on Disk 0. I just want my C and D back, please
help.

Thanks

Tim

You write that you have "logical drives a C and D". I think this is
unlikely: You probably have drive C: on a primary partition and
drive D: on a logical partition.

About your duplicated drive: Run regedit.exe, then navigate to
HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices. Now delete \DosDevices\F:,
then reboot the machine. This is a safe remedy, as Windows would
automatically restore values deleted from here by mistake.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Check your mapped network drives and your substituted drives!

 

[Dave Patrick]

Did you install the rollup? Seems duplicate mounting of the %systemdrive%
can be a side effect.

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861


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:
| Hi,
|
| I think this is very strange and would like to get it fixed. Here goes...
| When I setup my server a year ago I had to logical drives a C and D.
Today
| I see a C, D and F, the weird this is that C and F are the same. If I go
to
| DiskManager it shows D and F on Disk 0. I just want my C and D back,
please
| help.
|
| Thanks
|
| Tim
|
|

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How about your substituted drives?

I have no mapped drives, in explorer it says F: is local. When I go into
Computer Mangement\Storage\Disk Mangement it looks fine but if I go
Mangement\Storage\Logical Drives it lists F: as a Local Drive. Hope that
helps.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Dave Patrick is absolutely right. Microsoft has come up with a hotfix 904564
to resolve this issue. It is an internal hotfix. Hence, you have to call the
microsoft. The hotfix is free.

Lukesh

 

[Dave Patrick]

You need to follow the instructions here to correct the mounting problem. A
new rollup will be issued at a later date.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];223188

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:
| Ok, now I am in hot water and yes I have roll up on.
|
| I followed this tid http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861 section On a
| computer that uses dynamic disks, two system drives may appear after you
| install Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4. Now my server gives this
blue
| screen error when it restarts *** STOP: 0X000000C2 0C00000040,
| 0X0000000, 0X80000000, 0X0000000)
| BAD_POLL_CALLER
|
| Any good ideas on how I can fix this before 8am Monday?
|
| Thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

If none of the links I provided help then you're probably looking at
restoring the server.

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:
| That may work if I can get back intothe system but for now I get the error
| and it blue screens. Safe mode gives the same error.

 

[Dave Patrick]

No idea really. Where did you come up with this?

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:
| Do you think this will work?
|
| Boot to the recovery console. Go to c:\winnt\system32\drivers and rename
| mountmgr.sys to mountmgr.old. Go to cdrom<driveletter>:\1386\. Type expand
| mountmgr.sy_ c:\winnt\system32\drivers. Try to boot up now. In case it
| errors out about the virtual memory being low, connect the network
registry
| and
| follow step 3 of your post.
| >
| Lukesh

 

[Guest]

Hi Tim,
This will surely work

Do you think this will work?

Boot to the recovery console. Go to c:\winnt\system32\drivers and rename
mountmgr.sys to mountmgr.old. Go to cdrom<driveletter>:\1386\. Type expand
mountmgr.sy_ c:\winnt\system32\drivers. Try to boot up now. In case it
errors out about the virtual memory being low, connect the network registry
and
follow step 3 of your post.Lukesh

If none of the links I provided help then you're probably looking at
restoring the server.

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:
| That may work if I can get back intothe system but for now I get the
error
| and it blue screens. Safe mode gives the same error.

 

[Tim J]

Thanks Lukesh

You're the best that worked like a charm.

Tim

Hi Tim,
This will surely work

Do you think this will work?

Boot to the recovery console. Go to c:\winnt\system32\drivers and rename
mountmgr.sys to mountmgr.old. Go to cdrom<driveletter>:\1386\. Type
expand
mountmgr.sy_ c:\winnt\system32\drivers. Try to boot up now. In case it
errors out about the virtual memory being low, connect the network
registry
and
follow step 3 of your post.Lukesh

If none of the links I provided help then you're probably looking at
restoring the server.

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

:
| That may work if I can get back intothe system but for now I get the
error
| and it blue screens. Safe mode gives the same error.

 

[Guest]

You are welcome

Thanks Lukesh

You're the best that worked like a charm.

Tim

Hi Tim,
This will surely work

Do you think this will work?

Boot to the recovery console. Go to c:\winnt\system32\drivers and rename
mountmgr.sys to mountmgr.old. Go to cdrom<driveletter>:\1386\. Type
expand
mountmgr.sy_ c:\winnt\system32\drivers. Try to boot up now. In case it
errors out about the virtual memory being low, connect the network
registry
and
follow step 3 of your post.

Lukesh

If none of the links I provided help then you're probably looking at
restoring the server.

--
Regards,

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

:
| That may work if I can get back intothe system but for now I get the
error
| and it blue screens. Safe mode gives the same error.