Re: Windows 2000 server boot disk with network and RAID support
- From: "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:00:58 +1000
"Helner" <Helner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FA7053A6-2ABE-46A4-A225-7B00A8FAD315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I need to make a Windows 2000 server boot disk with network support that
will
> allow me to install the driver for my RAID drives. I have all of the
drivers
> I need on floppy disk.
>
> We have a Dell Power Edge 1600SC with PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
> Bios 1.05
>
> I screwed the system up by changing the security settings and the server
> will now not boot in regular or safe mode. I don't have an Emergency
Repair
> Disk. I get the evil blue screen with the stop message 0x.C000021A
> STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED. I need to change the security settings
back
> to try and reboot the system. I haven't found a way to do this in console
> mode so I want to try it from the c:\ prompt using secedit or CACLS
neither
> of which will work under the console. (I have never been able to find a
good
> use for console mode.) If I can get the system to boot in network mode I
want
> to transfer all of my user files to another computer and then format and
> reinstall. I tried using a parallel install on the same hard drive but the
> system keeps asking for files it already has and won't install or boot.
>
> I have a few options; I need to know which is best and how to do it:
>
> 1. Boot off a floppy and change the security settings with either secedit
or
> CACSL. Then repair the Windows 2000 installation. This keeps my user and
> security settings intact. Is there any way to copy my user and security
> settings to a floppy and then copy them back when an installation is done?
> 2. Boot off a floppy with network and RAID support. Copy all of my files
to
> another server then format and reinstall. How do I boot Windows 2000 from
a
> floppy with network and RAID support? With this option I have to reinstall
> all of my user and security settings.
> 3. Do a parallel installation and use that copy of windows 2000 to change
> the security settings in the first installation. When I try this the
system
> keeps asking for files it already has, _Default.pif, exeplorer.exe,
win.ini,
> etc and the driver for my RAID system. When I provide these files on
floppy
> it won't use them. How do I do a parallel installation that works? This
seems
> the best option if I can get it to work because it protects all of my
> settings.
> 4. Is there a better option?
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Helner
>
I would boot the machine with a Bart PE CD
(http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download). This
gives you a WinXP Professional environment with
access to your security settings - if it works with
your RAID system.
.
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