accidental C:\ deletion

I partitioned the hard drive and made a mirror of my C:\ drive. I was hoping to establish the D:\ as the new C:\ drive. That didn't happen and now I can only boot from the installation disk and win2k puts me into cmd prompt. I need to know if there is any trick to get windows to reassign the D:\ drive to C:\ so windows will boot normally.
Processor: Pent 4; 2.0ghz
mobo:Asus P4T
chipset; intel X80850
FSB 400mhz
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 256mb agp pro
OS: Windows 2000 Pro v 5.?

I don't think theirs much you can do, where all your folders in the c drive?

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Why on earth would you do that?

Ok, here's what transpired. I was using msicuu2.exe to clean up orphaned files after much reinstalling and deleting of softwares. I likely deleted some critical files from the registry causing the OS to malfunction. So given that scenario, I decided to use the D:\ drive to manage a new installation and then copy my programs from C:\ drive. When that was accomplished, I formatted the C:\ drive but forgot to change the D:\ letter before I shut down. When I attempted to run it, windows gave me the error: "NTDLR is missing. Press Ctrl+ALT+Delete to restart your computer." I can boot from the CD but when I hit repair a windows installation, windows takes me to the command prompt window; D:\Winnt. I don't know what to do from there to get it back to C:\. I thought about directing windows to make a fresh install which should be called C:\ and then get to the D:\ drive that way to recover all my program files. Are there any hitches or pratfalls about this method that I should be aware of beforehand? Thanks in advance. And always remember, SHAP HITTENS! *censored*!

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Format both partitions and start over...
1/2 of the choices you made in this adventure landed you where you are now...

I agree with Patio. You got yourself in some deep trouble there.

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