System Drive Letter wrong

[Stuart Babins]

In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is identified as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System Restore does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D: drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition on the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[PaulM]

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?

 

[Stuart Babins]

The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows installed on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some files in it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?

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In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D: drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition on the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[PaulM]

Why can't they be deleted?? Have you tried to boot into safe mode and delete
the files or is it saying can not delete files on system drive?

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The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows installed
on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some files in
it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?

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In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is
identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System
Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D:
drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition on
the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Stuart Babins]

There are only two files that can't be deleted and they are the ActiveX
controls from ver 9d of ActiveX. The current version 9f files are on the C:
drive in the proper location. I am not allowed to chage the attributes of
the two files from Read Only even when logged on as Administrator, but I fail
to see why having a Windows folder on the D: drive with nothing in it but
these two files should prevent system Restore from working properly.
--
Stu B.

Why can't they be deleted?? Have you tried to boot into safe mode and delete
the files or is it saying can not delete files on system drive?

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The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows installed
on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some files in
it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?

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In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is
identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System
Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D:
drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition on
the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[PaulM]

I don't even see how windows is loading if the OS is on C partition 1 and
you a booting to partition 2.
Something is not right.
Have you turn restore off and reboot, turn it back on and reboot again?

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There are only two files that can't be deleted and they are the ActiveX
controls from ver 9d of ActiveX. The current version 9f files are on the
C:
drive in the proper location. I am not allowed to chage the attributes of
the two files from Read Only even when logged on as Administrator, but I
fail
to see why having a Windows folder on the D: drive with nothing in it but
these two files should prevent system Restore from working properly.
--
Stu B.

Why can't they be deleted?? Have you tried to boot into safe mode and
delete
the files or is it saying can not delete files on system drive?

The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows
installed
on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some files
in
it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.


:

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?


message
In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is
correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is
identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System
Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System
Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D:
drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is
the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition
on
the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Stuart Babins]

No, I haven't tried that. I will do it and report back.
It cannot boot to partition 2 because there is nothing there. I suspect
that it may LOOK there first because it is listed that way in the boot.ini
file, but when it can't find all it needs it looks elsewhere.

 

[Stuart Babins]

I got this when trying to turn off System Restore:

"System Restore encountered an error trying to enable/disable one or more
drives. Please restart your machine and try again."

I did what it said and get the same error message.

--
Stu B.

I don't even see how windows is loading if the OS is on C partition 1 and
you a booting to partition 2.
Something is not right.
Have you turn restore off and reboot, turn it back on and reboot again?

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There are only two files that can't be deleted and they are the ActiveX
controls from ver 9d of ActiveX. The current version 9f files are on the
C:
drive in the proper location. I am not allowed to chage the attributes of
the two files from Read Only even when logged on as Administrator, but I
fail
to see why having a Windows folder on the D: drive with nothing in it but
these two files should prevent system Restore from working properly.
--
Stu B.

Why can't they be deleted?? Have you tried to boot into safe mode and
delete
the files or is it saying can not delete files on system drive?


The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows
installed
on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some files
in
it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.


:

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?


message
In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is
correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is
identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System
Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System
Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D:
drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is
the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition
on
the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Stuart Babins]

Now this is really weird. I turned off system Restore on the C: drive
(allowed because system restore thinks it is just a spare drive) and as if by
magic Monitoring was turned off on BOTH drives at the same time when I
clicked Apply.
--
Stu B.

I don't even see how windows is loading if the OS is on C partition 1 and
you a booting to partition 2.
Something is not right.
Have you turn restore off and reboot, turn it back on and reboot again?

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There are only two files that can't be deleted and they are the ActiveX
controls from ver 9d of ActiveX. The current version 9f files are on the
C:
drive in the proper location. I am not allowed to chage the attributes of
the two files from Read Only even when logged on as Administrator, but I
fail
to see why having a Windows folder on the D: drive with nothing in it but
these two files should prevent system Restore from working properly.
--
Stu B.

Why can't they be deleted?? Have you tried to boot into safe mode and
delete
the files or is it saying can not delete files on system drive?


The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows
installed
on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some files
in
it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.


:

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?


message
In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is
correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is
identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System
Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System
Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the D:
drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is
the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows partition
on
the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[PaulM]

Can you run this:
sfc /scannow - Scans the integrity of all protected system files and repairs
the system files if needed.
sfc /verifyonly - Scans and only verifies the integrity of all protected
system files only.
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I got this when trying to turn off System Restore:

"System Restore encountered an error trying to enable/disable one or more
drives. Please restart your machine and try again."

I did what it said and get the same error message.

--
Stu B.

I don't even see how windows is loading if the OS is on C partition 1 and
you a booting to partition 2.
Something is not right.
Have you turn restore off and reboot, turn it back on and reboot again?

There are only two files that can't be deleted and they are the ActiveX
controls from ver 9d of ActiveX. The current version 9f files are on
the
C:
drive in the proper location. I am not allowed to chage the attributes
of
the two files from Read Only even when logged on as Administrator, but
I
fail
to see why having a Windows folder on the D: drive with nothing in it
but
these two files should prevent system Restore from working properly.
--
Stu B.


:

Why can't they be deleted?? Have you tried to boot into safe mode and
delete
the files or is it saying can not delete files on system drive?


message
The current D: drive is the old C: drive and it did have Windows
installed
on
it, and the Windows folder is still there because there are some
files
in
it
that just cannot be deleted.
--
Stu B.


:

Partition 2 means drive D.
Do you have windows on C and D?


message
In Disk Management section of Computer Management, Drive C is
correctly
identified as my system disk, but in System Restore Drive D is
identified
as
the system disk (as it was at one time). How do I make System
Restore
correctly identify Drive C as the system disk? Right now System
Restore
does
not work at all with both drives connected and if I disable the
D:
drive,
System Restore fails to run.
The three required boot files are all correctly found in the root
directory
of the C: drive.

This is a copy of my boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

This is the report I get from Event Viewer:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SRService
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 7/28/2008
Time: 8:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Computer: STUSPEECEE
Description:
The System Restore initialization process failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 03 00 00 00 ....

Now I wonder if the partion number listed in the boot.ini file is
the
culprit. I would assume that partion (2) is the Windows
partition
on
the
second drive.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Can you run this:
sfc /scannow - Scans the integrity of all protected system files and
repairs
the system files if needed.

sfc /verifyonly - Scans and only verifies the integrity of all protected
system files only.

But does it give a log of what it finds? Where is the log file (and I
don't mean Event Viewer, which is near useless for this)?

 

[Stuart Babins]

Well Paul, I don't know which of your two suggestions did it, but I did both
and all is working normally now and I thank you very much.

This case is now closed.

 

[Stuart Babins]

Well Paul, I don't know which of your two suggestions did it, but I did both
and all is well now. When I ran the sfc /scannow utility it did ask me to
insert the XP installation CD, so maybe it found some corrupted files.

In any case, I am back in normal operation, System Restore now has the
correct system drive identified, and it is working as advertised with no
errors reported.

This case is closed and I thank you for all your help.

 

[PaulM]

You are very Welcome.

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[PaulM]

And what are you talking about??? If you keep reading you will see that the
problem was fixed!

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But does it give a log of what it finds? Where is the log file (and I
don't mean Event Viewer, which is near useless for this)?
Well Paul, I don't know which of your two suggestions did it, but I did
both and all is well now. When I ran the sfc /scannow utility it did ask
me to
insert the XP installation CD, so maybe it found some corrupted files.

 

[Bill in Co.]

I'm talking about getting some *useful information* out of running SFC,
that's all. I'm not discounting that it works.

It would be quite useful to know more about what it is doing and what it is
replacing - as in: a LOG file (as was done in Win98).