I need to reassign partition letters
 

I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on
the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down one!
I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their
original letters. Please could someone clue me in?

I have looked in Control Panel but the assigned drive letters and reserved
are all greyed out.

I have programs and links on the partitions which I can't get to at the
moment because the drive letters are different.

Thank-you

Nigel

Mmm... the downside of partitioning! g Perhaps you should take a look at
:-

"Order in Which MS-DOS and Windows Assign Drive Letters"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/51978/EN-US/

All you can do is to replace the D: drive or re-assign paths in your
registry and .ini files.
PQ's 'Magic Mover' ?

Mart


"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on
the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down
one!
I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their
original letters. Please could someone clue me in?

I have looked in Control Panel but the assigned drive letters and reserved
are all greyed out.

I have programs and links on the partitions which I can't get to at the
moment because the drive letters are different.

Thank-you

Nigel

One other option worth trying is to boot to Safe Mode, and disallow the D:
drive using TweakUI

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on
the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down
one!
I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their
original letters. Please could someone clue me in?

I have looked in Control Panel but the assigned drive letters and reserved
are all greyed out.

I have programs and links on the partitions which I can't get to at the
moment because the drive letters are different.

Thank-you

Nigel

Hey, that's a novel suggestion Noel. It could cause a bit of confusion when
rooting around in DOS, but if it resolves the situation in WinMe, then a
good one!

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
One other option worth trying is to boot to Safe Mode, and disallow the
D: drive using TweakUI

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on
the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down
one!
I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their
original letters. Please could someone clue me in?

I have looked in Control Panel but the assigned drive letters and
reserved
are all greyed out.

I have programs and links on the partitions which I can't get to at the
moment because the drive letters are different.

Thank-you

Nigel

NOTE!!
I haven't actually tried this here, since I don't have a suitable ME system
available!!

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Hey, that's a novel suggestion Noel. It could cause a bit of confusion
when rooting around in DOS, but if it resolves the situation in WinMe,
then a good one!

Mart


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
One other option worth trying is to boot to Safe Mode, and disallow the
D: drive using TweakUI

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Nigel Andrews" wrote in message
...
I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on
the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down
one!
I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their
original letters. Please could someone clue me in?

I have looked in Control Panel but the assigned drive letters and
reserved
are all greyed out.

I have programs and links on the partitions which I can't get to at the
moment because the drive letters are different.

Thank-you

Nigel

Noel Paton wrote:

NOTE!!
I haven't actually tried this here, since I don't have a suitable ME
system available!!

Nevertheless probably worth a shot,
--
Mike

Hey guys thanks for all those quick replies, much appreciated.

I have disallowed the faulty D: drive, but of course the partions are now
occupying D: thru F:. So I can't do anything.
I will try (had already thought about) sticking an old (but working) drive
in place of the broken one just to force the situation back as it was.

Thanks again for all you good answers

Nigel

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Noel Paton wrote:

NOTE!!
I haven't actually tried this here, since I don't have a suitable ME
system available!!

Nevertheless probably worth a shot,
--
Mike

Nigel,

So what happens when you disable D using TweakUI and then reboot? Are you
saying that D is still allocated to the drive or that the drive that would
have been allocated D is not visible?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Nigel Andrews wrote:

Hey guys thanks for all those quick replies, much appreciated.

I have disallowed the faulty D: drive, but of course the partions are
now occupying D: thru F:. So I can't do anything.
I will try (had already thought about) sticking an old (but working)
drive in place of the broken one just to force the situation back as
it was.

Thanks again for all you good answers

"Nigel Andrews" wrote:

I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on
the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down one!
I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their
original letters. Please could someone clue me in?

I have looked in Control Panel but the assigned drive letters and reserved
are all greyed out.

I have programs and links on the partitions which I can't get to at the
moment because the drive letters are different.

Thank-you

Nigel


Without replacing the missing hard drive it is going to be a bit
difficult to fix the drive letters.

You will require a partitioning program such as Partition Magic
(Symantec) or BootItNG (www.bootitng.com)

I am assuming that the hard drive has one primary DOS partition (C:)
and one extended DOS partition split into 3 logical drives.

You will need to reduce either drive C: or the first logical drive
(old E:) by a few megabytes so the first thing to do is to decide
which of these two partition can best spare the space.

Option 1 - reducing drive C:'
Use the partitioning software to reduce drive C: by about 10
megabytes, with the new free space to be located at the end of drive
C: (between C: and the Extended DOS partition)
Next increase the size of the extended DOS partition to include this
freed up space.
Finally create a new logical drive in the extended DOS partition to
use the space just added.

This new logical drive will now become drive D: when you boot the
computer, restoring your other partitions to their previous letters.

Option 2 - reducing the first logical drive in the extended DOS
partition. (old E: drive, now D:)
Use the partitioning software to reduce the size by about 10
megabytes, with the free space to be created at the beginning of the
drive.
Next create a new logical drive to occupy the free space.

Again the new logical drive will become drive D: when you reboot the
computer.


Note that adjusting partition sizes is always a bit risky so you need
to ensure that all critical data is backed up.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

I am having problems with Windows ME when adding in a working old hard disk.

After going into 'safe mode' (because I switched off the PC) I get a blue
screen 'Windows protection error'.
This happens whenever a replacement second harddisk is connected. If I
remove it then Windows starts cleanly.
I have checked that the cable is connected correctly (any other connection
gets a worse result i.e., No O/S!)

I have treid this with two old harddisks that should be OK. I also had it
with the orginal harddisk which is why I am trying to replace it.

Any ideas please?
Thanks

Nigel