Re: *DESPERATE* STOP 0x0000001E in ntoskrnl.exe

From: Guy Harrison (swamp-DEL-dog_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 03:44:35 +0100

John7 wrote:

> Thx Simon,
>
> "Simon Elliott" <simon@deleteelliott.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1083686694.393.0@damia.uk.clara.net...
>> John7 wrote:
>>
>> >No hardware or software was changed. Because the mouse hung my friend
>> >turned off power. This might have damaged files / registry.
>> >All safe boot modes (F8) crash rightafter logon (incl. Last Known Good).
>> >
>> >In Recovery Console tried to save ntoskrnl.exe and ddl cache version to
>> >floppy
>> >for comparison but Recovery Console can't write to floppies (Christ,
> WHY?).
>> >Have nothing to compare SP3 version of ntoskrnl.exe against?!
>> >How to figure out if files are still intact?
>> >
>> >Problem is all help docs assume windows is still operational, while this
> one
>> >crashes rightafter logon so I cannot start any corrective action there.
>> >
>> >GETTING DESPERATE :-(
>> >
>> >John7
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Quickest way to get the machine working again might be a duplicate
>> install of Windows and then recover back from the tape I understand you
>> to have.
>
> Last backup was 9 days ago. As a LAST resort I will restore
> the tape to the all-in-one partition. He will lose 9 days of work.
> Problem is the tape drive mfg went bankrupt, so NO support.
> And ... disk has to be wipped first to install win2K from fresh,
> then restore tape on top of it. If it succeeds fine but if it fails he
> looses all data! I may need to break the mirrored array
> (2 x 40GB in RAID 1) to backup data first. Another thing I
> need to figure out. No easy path either.

Why not just put another disk in it? A working w2k on new disk should be
able to access the raid. You also lose nothing in an attempt to restore
from tape to the new disk. Either it works or it doesn't. One thing's for
sure: stop trying to write to current disks if data is that important. Have
them mirrored first, or do it yourself (eg suitable unix and 'dd'). A scsi
card can be handy in these circumstances - a drive attached to it can
typically be made to boot prior to the internal ones.

Btw, tell friend about keyboard shortcuts: ctrl-alt-del,alt-s,r,CR for
instance to avoid future repetitions. 

-- 
Guy Harrison

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