Win2000 SetUp Reallocated my drive letters

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Jim Bunton

Win 2000 lost myMouse
1. Ran emergency Repair - to no avail
2. Move the mouse from one usb port to another & Ran Emergency Repair - to
no avail
4. Etc!
5. Eventually ran SetUp > Repair Existing
Recopies everything

Ok - got my mouse back
BUT !!!!
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I Have 2 hard discs.
They were -
Boot Drive 2 partitions
Apps(C:) & Data(D:)

Second Drive: 2 partitions
AppsBu(E:) and DataBu(F:)
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NOW (after running Setup)
the system has re-allocated my drives
Apps(C:)
AppsBu(D:)
Data(E:)
DataBu(F:)

THUS
Files that WERE 0n Data(D:)
ARE NOW ON Data(E:)

Files that WERE on AppsBu(E:)
ARE NOW ON AppsBu(D:)

[The boot drive now has C & E originally(C & D)
and the second disc D & F originally(E & F)

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??????????
Can I reverse this process?
By reallocating the drive letters?
?????????
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Jim

Yes, you can change your drive letters. You might need to do this in steps,
D to X, E to Y, X to E and so on. This MS Knowledge Base article might
help:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323967

This article explains why the drive letters came in this order:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234048

Probably, your machine started with only one hard disk, and you added the
second later, which can explain why you ended up with your previous
lettering.

Best regards

Bjorn
 
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