Re: Drive number change :-(

There are several methods that can be used to do the changes. If the SATA controllers can be disabled in the BIOS that may be an easy way to do it. Another way via the Recovery Console is described here:

How to Retrieve One Page Text Files in the Recovery Console by Using the Batch Command
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243067
(Use the MAP command while in the Recovery Console to see tha ARC paths of the drives)

You mentioned accessing the disk via another Windows installation, that will work, you may need to grant yourself necessary permissions to the files but otherwise it will work without problems.

Another very easy way (if the computer has a floppy drive) is to create a boot diskette, instructions here: http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/ntboot/

Do keep in mind that the boot.ini file there points to the default XP %systemroot% (Windows). On Windows 2000 the default is WINNT, so the path needs to be changed to point to the correct folder, it would be something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="First harddisk, first partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="First harddisk, second partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="First harddisk, third partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="First harddisk, fourth partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Second harddisk, first partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Second harddisk, second partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINNT="Second harddisk, third partition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINNT="Second harddisk, fourth partition" /fastdetect

John

Lars-Erik Østerud wrote:

Had a 2000 server installation on a Dell GX260 that went dead.
Found a GX280 (as close a possible). But this has 2 S-ATA
controllers, and then the P-ATA disk from the GX260 chows as
drive 2 (and not drive 0 as it is defined in the BOOT.INI).

How can I change the ordering, OR how do I change BOOT.INI

If I hook up the disk on another computer will I have access,
or will NTFS prevent accessing the files on the disk?
.

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