BOOT.INI Required for Repair Process w/o Emergency Repair Disk
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 139894 - If you do not have an emergency
repair disk (ERD) available, you can still repair a Windows NT
installation by using the 3 setup disks to boot the system with
disk 1. You can often boot the system if your CDRom drive supports
bootable CD's (the El Torito CDRom specification). Once setup has
begun, select the R option to repair the NT installation. When
setup asks if you have a ERD disk, select no and setup will look
at the boot.ini file for an installation path. Setup will try to
find the repair directory from that path (%SystemRoot%\Repair) and
use the registry files in that directory for repairs
Differences
Between Manual and Fast Repair in Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 238359 - Windows 2000 includes
two repair choices: Manual Repair or Fast Repair. To see these
choices, boot from the Windows 2000 installation media, press R to
repair, and then press R to use the Emergency Repair process. When
you do this, you see the following options: Manual Repair: To
choose from a list of repair options, press M. Fast Repair: To
perform all repair options, press F. The two repair choices cause
the Repair process to perform different tasks.
Emergency Repair Disk Does Not Create Cluster Configuration Database
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 257892 - When you use an emergency repair disk that was created with Rdisk.exe, a backup copy of the cluster configuration database is not
created.
Emergency Repair Disk Information Requires 1.44-MB Floppy Disk
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 156052 - If you attempt to create an Emergency Repair Disk using a 720 floppy disk, you receive either of the following
messages:
HOW TO: Replace a Driver on a Windows 2000-Based Computer That Will Not Start
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 313670 - This step-by-step article describes how to replace a driver on a Windows 2000-based computer that will not
start.
Modifying the Emergency Repair Disk After Installing CD-ROM
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 110580 - By design, the Emergency Repair Disk created by a Network or Unsupported CD- ROM installation cannot be used to verify Windows NT system files.
Rdisk.exe Is Not Included with Windows 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 216337 - Windows 2000 does not include the Rdisk.exe program that was used in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and earlier versions to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD). To create an ERD in Windows 2000:
Repair Disk Contents Appear to Be Incomplete
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 253441 - When you view the contents of an emergency repair diskette created with Windows 2000, the set of files may appear to be incomplete, and the files on the disk
are:
Repairing
a Blown-Out NT Boot Sector
Repairing a Blown-Out NT Boot Sector The
multi-OS management world is riddled with danger. An OS or
disk-management utility that overwrites the Windows NT-created
boot sector on the first hard disk's primary partition is a common
problem. During setup, select the Recovery option (use your
Emergency Repair Disk--ERD), select only the option to inspect the
boot sector, and let NT repair the boot sector. Source: Windows
2000 Magazine (July 1999)
Repair Disk Contents Appear to Be Incomplete
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 253441 - When you view the contents of an emergency repair diskette created with Windows 2000, the set of files may appear to be incomplete, and the files on the disk
are:
Autoexec.nt, Config.nt, Setup.log
Using System.alt to Recover the System Hive
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 151247 - If your system fails to boot because the System hive is corrupt, it may be possible to rename the System.alt file to System to recover Windows NT. This file is located in the
Systemroot\System32\Config directory. It is recommend to first try
to use the Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) to recover the System hive.
Information on using the ERD can be found on page 49 in the
Installation Guide. Renaming the System.alt file should only be
used as a last resort after you have tried to recover the system
using the ERD. If the Windows NT system files are located on a
Windows NT File System (NTFS) partition you will need to boot into
another installation of Windows NT to rename the file. If the
Windows NT files are located on a FAT partition you can boot from
a bootable MS-DOS diskette to rename the file. Windows 2000 Reboots Continuously with HP 5000 Series Scanner Installed
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 258098 - After you upgrade your Microsoft
Windows 98-based computer to Windows 2000 Professional, the
original Windows 98 drivers for the Hewlett-Packard (HP) 5000
series scanner are retained in the registry, and this prevents you
from upgrading or installing the HP scanner. After you install the
scanner software, your computer may stop responding (hang), or
restart or reboot continuously.
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