My Windows installation is on 2 Drives...strange problems

Discussion in 'Software' started by -Thall-, Jun 30, 2009.

  1. -Thall-

    -Thall- Private E-2

    Ok, so basically, it seems that I have 2 installations of windows. One on my D drive, one on my C drive. (By the way, this wasn't my computer until recently.)

    Anyways, if I go into the C drive, it has a WINDOWS folder, and if I go into that, it has a system32 and all the important system files.

    In my D drive, there is also a WINDOWS folder, however it has less files than the one in my C drive, however, if I go into the WINDOWS folder in either drive, and then into system32, they both have the same amount of files.

    So basically, this is screwing me up. Because, all the commands in CMD do not work.

    For example, you know the command net user, which shows all the users on your computer? If i type this in, all it shows is Administrator and Guest.
    And yeah, neither of these are users on my computer.

    So that's just an example of what doesn't work, I'm sure you could fathom all the rest of the system commands i can't do because it can't find any system paths or anything to do with windows.

    Can anyone shed some light on this and help me fix it?
     
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    C is your normal windows install. D is a partition, not a different hard drive, that probably contains the restore information put there by the manufacturer. You should not be doing anything on D. It would be used if your computer needs to be restored to factory condition.
     
  3. -Thall-

    -Thall- Private E-2

    Ok so, then what is the problem with my computer? How come it doesn't seem to recognize my windows installation?
     
  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Explain what happens when you boot up the computer.
    Also the make and model would help. What version of windows are you running?
     

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