Re: changing boot drive letter???

From: Mark Mancini (info@mcse2000NOSPAM.com)
Date: 01/01/03 

From: "Mark Mancini" <info@mcse2000NOSPAM.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:22:09 -0500

you shouldn't do that....but you found that out. Try recovery console. 

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"jon" <samuelsonj@carnegiemuseums.org> wrote in message
news:00ba01c2b0e8$260c0b60$d2f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA09...
> can someone help me???.... i can't log in... because i
> changed the drive letter.. although i've read the
> knowledge base and still can't get threw it... can't i use
> the   fdisk /mbr???... help

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