System will not boot into windows completely eastcoasttech 12/30/2008 3:41:03 PM I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I went through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry just in case. OK, here is the story: In Regedit.exe. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for "\DosDevices\C:". Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. I changed the drive letter from C to E Restarted the computer. Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue screen with the windows xp logo on it. The system posts fine. I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. Any ideas? Thanks.

Re: System will not boot into windows completely "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 12/30/2008 4:14:18 PM "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : > > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I went > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry just > in > case. OK, here is the story: > > In Regedit.exe. > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices > > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for > "\DosDevices\C:". > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. > > I changed the drive letter from C to E > > Restarted the computer. > > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue > screen with the windows xp logo on it. > > The system posts fine. > > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. > > Any ideas? Thanks. > What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter?

Re: System will not boot into windows completely eastcoasttech 12/30/2008 4:30:00 PM The original install defaulted to H, C was givin to one of my SD slots on a media bay. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : > > > > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I went > > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry just > > in > > case. OK, here is the story: > > > > In Regedit.exe. > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices > > > > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for > > "\DosDevices\C:". > > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. > > > > I changed the drive letter from C to E > > > > Restarted the computer. > > > > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue > > screen with the windows xp logo on it. > > > > The system posts fine. > > > > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. > > > > Any ideas? Thanks. > > > > What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter? > > >

Re: System will not boot into windows completely "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 12/30/2008 4:34:18 PM If your original installation defaulted to drive H: then you must leave it on drive H:. The registry contains countless references to drive H:, and changing the drive letter the way you did will cripple the system. "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BD6761B1-D208-4477-90F0-2B5E33A87E13[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > The original install defaulted to H, C was givin to one of my SD slots on > a > media bay. > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : >> > >> > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I >> > went >> > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry >> > just >> > in >> > case. OK, here is the story: >> > >> > In Regedit.exe. >> > >> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices >> > >> > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for >> > "\DosDevices\C:". >> > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. >> > >> > I changed the drive letter from C to E >> > >> > Restarted the computer. >> > >> > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue >> > screen with the windows xp logo on it. >> > >> > The system posts fine. >> > >> > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. >> > >> > Any ideas? Thanks. >> > >> >> What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter? >> >> >>

Re: System will not boot into windows completely eastcoasttech 12/30/2008 5:22:02 PM Thats why I only used the publication put out by MS. Apparently I am a statistic. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If your original installation defaulted to drive H: then you must leave it > on drive H:. The registry contains countless references to drive H:, and > changing the drive letter the way you did will cripple the system. > > > "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BD6761B1-D208-4477-90F0-2B5E33A87E13[ at ]microsoft.com... > > The original install defaulted to H, C was givin to one of my SD slots on > > a > > media bay. > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > >> > >> "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > >> message > >> news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : > >> > > >> > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I > >> > went > >> > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry > >> > just > >> > in > >> > case. OK, here is the story: > >> > > >> > In Regedit.exe. > >> > > >> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices > >> > > >> > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for > >> > "\DosDevices\C:". > >> > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. > >> > > >> > I changed the drive letter from C to E > >> > > >> > Restarted the computer. > >> > > >> > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue > >> > screen with the windows xp logo on it. > >> > > >> > The system posts fine. > >> > > >> > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. > >> > > >> > Any ideas? Thanks. > >> > > >> > >> What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter? > >> > >> > >> > > >

Re: System will not boot into windows completely eastcoasttech 12/30/2008 5:48:01 PM Got it fixed. All data in tact. "eastcoasttech" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thats why I only used the publication put out by MS. Apparently I am a > statistic. > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > If your original installation defaulted to drive H: then you must leave it > > on drive H:. The registry contains countless references to drive H:, and > > changing the drive letter the way you did will cripple the system. > > > > > > "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:BD6761B1-D208-4477-90F0-2B5E33A87E13[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > The original install defaulted to H, C was givin to one of my SD slots on > > > a > > > media bay. > > > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > >> message > > >> news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > > >> >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : > > >> > > > >> > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I > > >> > went > > >> > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry > > >> > just > > >> > in > > >> > case. OK, here is the story: > > >> > > > >> > In Regedit.exe. > > >> > > > >> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices > > >> > > > >> > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for > > >> > "\DosDevices\C:". > > >> > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. > > >> > > > >> > I changed the drive letter from C to E > > >> > > > >> > Restarted the computer. > > >> > > > >> > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue > > >> > screen with the windows xp logo on it. > > >> > > > >> > The system posts fine. > > >> > > > >> > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. > > >> > > > >> > Any ideas? Thanks. > > >> > > > >> > > >> What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >

Re: System will not boot into windows completely eastcoasttech 12/30/2008 5:50:01 PM I ran a repair....sorry, I left that out earlier. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > If your original installation defaulted to drive H: then you must leave it > on drive H:. The registry contains countless references to drive H:, and > changing the drive letter the way you did will cripple the system. > > > "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BD6761B1-D208-4477-90F0-2B5E33A87E13[ at ]microsoft.com... > > The original install defaulted to H, C was givin to one of my SD slots on > > a > > media bay. > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > >> > >> "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > >> message > >> news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : > >> > > >> > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I > >> > went > >> > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry > >> > just > >> > in > >> > case. OK, here is the story: > >> > > >> > In Regedit.exe. > >> > > >> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices > >> > > >> > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for > >> > "\DosDevices\C:". > >> > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. > >> > > >> > I changed the drive letter from C to E > >> > > >> > Restarted the computer. > >> > > >> > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue > >> > screen with the windows xp logo on it. > >> > > >> > The system posts fine. > >> > > >> > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. > >> > > >> > Any ideas? Thanks. > >> > > >> > >> What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter? > >> > >> > >> > > >

Re: System will not boot into windows completely "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 12/30/2008 6:01:32 PM "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6CA5C66-B810-4701-AB13-3EE3756C6C50[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thats why I only used the publication put out by MS. Apparently I am a > statistic. > No, you're not a statistic. The link you used states explicitly that you must NOT use this method to change the system drive letter. Here it is: Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed. If you do so, you may not be able to start your operating system. Follow the procedure that is described in this article only to recover from a drive letter change, not to change an existing computer drive to something else.

Re: System will not boot into windows completely eastcoasttech 12/30/2008 6:16:03 PM What does it mean when it says "where the drive letter has not changed." Thats the only reason I used the article. I figured that since it was used by default, then it had not changed. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CB0DF64F-896B-464B-A0A5-ED5EAC682D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I was following the steps in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 : > > > > I was seeing how to change the drive letter on my primary drive. I went > > through the steps to the letter. I made a good backup of my registry just > > in > > case. OK, here is the story: > > > > In Regedit.exe. > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices > > > > Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for > > "\DosDevices\C:". > > Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename. > > > > I changed the drive letter from C to E > > > > Restarted the computer. > > > > Now, the system goes through the splash screen and just sits at a blue > > screen with the windows xp logo on it. > > > > The system posts fine. > > > > I tried the fixmbr through the system disk and still nothing. > > > > Any ideas? Thanks. > > > > What was the purpose of changing the system drive letter? > > >

Re: System will not boot into windows completely "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 12/30/2008 7:17:38 PM "eastcoasttech" <eastcoasttech[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B8E4EC2C-0D76-4C65-8831-EC1FB45A1C66[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > What does it mean when it says "where the drive letter has not changed." > Thats the only reason I used the article. I figured that since it was used > by > default, then it had not changed. The article refers to situations where Windows was installed on drive C: (for example) and the system drive letter has for some reason become E:. This happens frequently when using third-party products to manipulate disks or partitions. The method shown in the KB article allows the user to restore the original drive letter. The warning says "Do not use the procedure [..] to change a drive on a computer where the drive letter has not changed." Your drive letter had not changed, therefore you should not have used the method.