Re: Recovering/repairing Win2k install after m/b & CPU change

If it's broken it won't do any good to stick it back to where it came from. You would have to try to fix it first. I got thrown a loop by Stubby mentioning KB307545, I forgot the motherboard change that initially caused the problem. At this point I would return the hives to where they came from except the SYSTEM hive then try a repair (In-Place Upgrade). I think the installation might be beyond saving...

John

Zilla wrote:

Ok thanks. When I load he sysem.bak hive, do I then call it "sysem" and
basically overwrie the "system" already in registry? Or I guess
similarly I can go to the recovery console and copy the system.bak file
back to system.

John John wrote:

That SYSTEM hive that you renamed to SYSTEM.bak and put in the tmp
folder, how big is it? Can you load it with regedt32? If the problem
was that it was really corrupt, you are pretty well out of luck. If the
problem was that it was too big you might be able to reduce its size and
reuse it.

I know that Microsoft now recommends to move all hives/key together but
I would have moved/replaced the SYSTEM hive only. With Windows 2000
there is no System Restore to then use and return the hives back to
newer versions, replacing the good hives with old ones, in my opinion,
doesn't help. You can try putting the other hives back where they were
and see what happens. With the SAM back in its place your user accounts
should be accessible again.

Other than that, you are going to have to salvage your files and wipe
this mess from the drive and start again from scratch. The Windows 2000
version of the article for this problem is here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269075/

The success rate for fixing this problem depends greatly on how old the
replacement hive is. As you had never done an Emergency Repair Disk, or
otherwise backed up the registry you are now up the proverbial creek
unless you can fix the old SYSTEM hive.

John

Zilla wrote:

Thanks Jim, but I did NOT see anything on that page that I can use.

However I am further along than I was yesterday, though now my original
account is all messed up. I don't have my users anymore, Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs is empty, no mail accts, etc. How can I "restore"
my old system. Am I just screwed now?

I did NOT have a registry backup.
Jim Byrd wrote:


Hi Zilla - You may already be too far down the road, but you may find
something useful here just to suppliment Dave's advice:

http://www.motherboard.windowsreinstall.com/win2k.htm

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/


"Zilla" <zilla62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1161091368.276187.195620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


I guess I'm f'd if I didn't! Any other recourse to ge my Winnt (orig)
folder back to geting the files I want?
- Mail
- Documents
... besides manually copying these?

Dave Patrick wrote:


%systemroot%\repair\regback

assuming you made them before hand. This is a manual process in Windows
2000

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Zilla" wrote:
| Ok I was able to get into my original WINNT folder, and am now
| following Part 2 of the article above. It talks about the _restore
| files in the System Volume Information. I don't see any _restore*
| files, being Win2k, and not WinXP? Where are the backup files for
Win2k?
|


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