Two bootable drives w/drive letter issue

[videobruce]

I have 2 bootable drives (switchable, only one is active at one time). I made a image of the 2nd drive and saved it. I then copied that image to the first drive. Both drives boot ok and both drives are reconized in the Bios and Windows ok. Both drives switch ok (the correct drive boots (becomes a master ok).
Problem is no matter which one boots it retains the same drive name. IOW's I have one drive labeled Backup1 and the other Main1. Either way, for example Main1 is shown even though it's Backup1 that's active.
I ran into this before and forgot the fix. I tried to rename the drive but it doesn't do any good. I made changes to one drive's content so I can tell it apart (deleted some programs and changed the wallpaper and splash screen (separate subject on the splash screen, not a issue here).
It's not that the drives aren't booting to one I want, it's just the name of the drive stays the same. It's always dribve letter "C", but the same name remains.

Hope that made sense.

Running 2k w/sp4 and administrative rights. The image was done with a Ghost 2003 floppy.

 

[bsobel]

I guess I don't understand the 'I triend to rename the drive'. In My Computer, when you right click on the C drive and select rename, what happens? Are you saying the change is lost when you reboot?

 

[videobruce]

I can rename the name of the drive, but it doesn't change (follow the actual drive) when I boot to the other drive.
IOW's C is always name 'x' and D is always name 'y'. The name of C is always the same even though I'm booting to the other drive.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: videobruce
I can rename the name of the drive, but it doesn't change (follow the actual drive) when I boot to the other drive.

Wait, are both drives live at the same time? I thought when you booted drive 1, drive 2 wasn't on. Or does it get wound up booted as a slave? If so, sounds like you duplicated the signature on them and that is confusing Windows....

Bill

 

[videobruce]

No, not active at thesame time, both are visable and on line if you will, but either A or B is the "C" drive.

sounds like you duplicated the signature on them and that is confusing Windows....

FRom the image file of the other drive?

 

[13Gigatons]

Is this a renaming bug where you right click on the C drive under My Computer and it won't allow you to rename it ?

If so use the cmd to rename it using the label command.

If it's only the name at bootup then you need to change the boot.ini file.


If it's the fact that they both use "C" drive when you boot to either then that is the whole purpose because a different drive letter would break your apps.

 

[videobruce]

I can rename the drive ok, it's not a drive 'letter' issue, but a drive 'name' issue.
The name doesn't follow the drive. C is always name 'x' and D is always name 'y' when they are swapped from master to slave.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: videobruce
I can rename the drive ok, it's not a drive 'letter' issue, but a drive 'name' issue.
The name doesn't follow the drive. C is always name 'x' and D is always name 'y' when they are swapped from master to slave.

So it's like this:

(C Windows XP Main
(D Windows XP Backup

and when you swap them from master to slave:

(C Windows XP Backup
(D Windows XP Main

Is this what you want to show in My Computer ?

 

[videobruce]

No, it's like this;

(C) Main 1 (physical HDD X)
(D) Backup 1 (physical HDD Y)

when switched it shows;

(C) Main 1 (physical HDD Y)
(D) Backup 1 (physical HDD X)

instead of showing;

(C) Backup 1 (physical HDD Y)
(D) Main 1 (physical HDD X)

This is 2k!