Software Mirror

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Creating software mirror is a snap but I want to break
and preserve the drive for future recovery.

When I break Drv 0 the Drv 1 that was mirroring now
inherits the next available drive letter E.
Drv 1 will boot but when you log in it kicks you out back
to log in screen.

I know this is a problem and have seen others with same
issue and a remote registry hack fixes this.

Is there a proper way to break and not have Windows issue
the drive letter.

Thanks
Jerry

 

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Jerry

The problem here is that you are trying to use a mirror in place of a
backup or disk image. Mirrors are to reduce the down time in case of a disk
failure, while a backup or disk image is better for recovery.

This MS Knowledge Base article describes the drive letter problem, and has
five suggested solutions:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249321

When you break a mirror Windows has to split it up on two drive letters,
there is no proper way to avoid this, except possibly removing the disk
without breaking the mirror. I wouldn't recommend this method, though.

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking

"JerryM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Creating software mirror is a snap but I want to break
>and preserve the drive for future recovery.
>
>When I break Drv 0 the Drv 1 that was mirroring now
>inherits the next available drive letter E.
>Drv 1 will boot but when you log in it kicks you out back
>to log in screen.
>
>I know this is a problem and have seen others with same
>issue and a remote registry hack fixes this.
>
>Is there a proper way to break and not have Windows issue
>the drive letter.
>
>Thanks
>Jerry