drive c invaild drive specification

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I had to start my computer with NFTSDOS. at the A: prompt I typed C: and enter
got the invaild drive specification message.. typed D: and got D: and all
the files
that are on my C drive!... how do I rename that D: drive back to C: drive?
 
harleyrider said:
I had to start my computer with NFTSDOS.
Why?

at the A: prompt I typed C: and enter
got the invaild drive specification message.. typed D: and got D: and all
the files
that are on my C drive!... how do I rename that D: drive back to C: drive?
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NTFSDOS is recognizing it as D:? What about Windows?

Steve N.
 
harleyrider said:
I had to start my computer with NFTSDOS. at the A: prompt I typed C: and enter
got the invaild drive specification message.. typed D: and got D: and all
the files
that are on my C drive!... how do I rename that D: drive back to C: drive?
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What happened in the first place that caused you to start with NFTSDOS?
What was the problem?
 
Steve N. said:
NTFSDOS is recognizing it as D:? What about Windows?

Steve N.
Windows won't start.. get MSGINA.dll and schwapi.dll. missing..but looking in windows/system32 directory they are there
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Rock said:
What happened in the first place that caused you to start with NFTSDOS?
What was the problem?

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Son decided to uninstall a HOTFIX for windows.. screen went blank.. and when I re booted it... got the schwapi.dll missing.. then msgina.dll missing.. and it restarts.... but looking into the windows/system32 directory.. they are both there
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Bob I said:
Do you have a CD-ROM that perhaps is being read as the "C" drive when
you boot from A:?


MY cdrom isn't working now.. it did before.. but that is a second problem
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"NTFSDOS scans the system's partition tables looking for partitions
that have the NTFS attribute byte. When it finds one, it looks for an
unused DOS driver letter and registers a network drive on it. After it
completes the drive search it hooks the network redirector interrupt
and goes resident."
Therefore, D: must be your next available DOS drive letter. Now what
you really need to do is try to explain to us why you think you need
to rename the D: drive to C:. Keep in mind, drive letters are assigned
by the OS when it boots and not something that is tattooed physically
on the drive. If and when your system boots to Windows XP your drive
will be C: as long as you do not physically change the hardware. The
Boot.ini file tells the OS which partition on which drive, on which
controller is to be called C: (for reason of simplicity, let's not
argue)
To use an analogy you might understand, C: or any other drive letter
is just a licence plate number, its not a VIN.

|I had to start my computer with NFTSDOS. at the A: prompt I typed C:
and enter
| got the invaild drive specification message.. typed D: and got D:
and all
| the files
| that are on my C drive!... how do I rename that D: drive back to
C: drive?
|
|
 
harleyrider said:
:
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NTFSDOS.EXE is a read-only network file system driver and is not going
to help you with this. Even if it were write capable I would not use it
to attempt to replace those files, I'd use Recovery Console. Booting
into Last Known Good Configuration might be all you need to do (tap F8
repeatedly during bootup), after you slap your kid, of course. What
hotfix did he install?

Steve N.
 
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