Re: Can I use a Win 2000 Emergency repair disk from a different co

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 10/21/04


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:12:18 -0600

Yes that is odd, never heard that one before. Did the recovery console start
without issue? You may want to download a diagnostic utility from the drive
manufacturer's web site. Be sure to back your data before proceeding.

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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Drawbridge" wrote:
| Thank you for replying Dave. I would have tried the ERD from the foreign
| platform w/out your advice & presumably caused more harm! I'm glad I asked
| first. I did go home & try the chkdsk /r as suggested & got a reply
| instructing me to type the full path to autochk.exe. I've since checked 
for
| it's location on my machine at work & found it at C:\WINNT\system32
| I'll try it again tonight supplying that path. Does it seem strange to you
| autochk.exe didn't know to look there? 


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