we have a NT4 Terminal Server (SP-3)(obtw, I am one of those office manager/administrators). Well I added a new HD to the server it was a 30 gig drive. NT saw it as 8.5 but did say actual size was 30 gig — I formatted/partitioned into 3, 7.xx logical drives, (it did this on a test system first– because I had fears about the Maxtor EZ Drive overlay disk not working on the server. When I attempted this on the server — it did not like the maxtor EZ drive overlay disk. But since the drive had already been formatted on a NT4 test system I was able to see the drive and go into disk administrator to assign drive letters. I completed that task — shut the server down to install ram. When I was finished I rebooted and the partitions assigned themselves various letters which threw the server outta wack — (loss paths etc, couldn’t connect to data base) I went into disk admin and reset the letters to the drive — (one of the new partitions was trying to assign itself and the “D” drive an because of that couldn’t connect to our data base.) after resetting and logging off and back on again everything works fine — but if I have to reboot the server or if it’s reboots after a power failure the drive letters go outta wack — assigning themselves conflicting letters. again the fix is Disk Admin procedure, would appreciate any suggestions, comments or recommendations on how to make the assigned letters stay after a reboot? Please be gentle with me 🙂 I am not a wizard — just a hard working Office Manager == thanks
From: Yogi7 Date: 1/8/03