Re: Restarting the OS

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John John - MVP <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:umdk3p#tJHA.4632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

You can't download an Emergency Repair Disk, you have to create it on
your computer when it is in a good running state, it contains setup
information about the computer on which it was made. Unless you made
a disk and selected to back up the registry at the same time you are
pretty well up the creek with this. At this point you are pretty well
limited in your options, you can do an in-place upgrade (aka a repair
install which is reinstalling Windows 2000 over itself) or if your
problem is caused by a damaged registry you can try advanced recovery
techniques by replacing the registry hives in the
WINNT\System32\Config folder with the ones from the last backup set in
the WINNT\Repair\Backup, if you have never backed up the registry then
you will have to try it with the original installation hive in the
WINNT\Repair folder.

John

Thanks.

I know in older W98 ng, it was never a good idea to install the OS over an
existing OS.

Is it better in W2K? As the setup progresses in this situation is there
anything unusual likely to occur?

When the machine was running, I have daily backups using Erndt. Also the
backups you mention above.

If I install over the existing OS, the backups were in the old
C\Winnt\Erndt folder. Will I still be able to access them?

With bad sleep, I forgot that a W2K computer with DVD writer drive creates
data backups that are useless on other W98 computers with just CD drives,
so at this point I really need to get the OS working.

The computer worked solid for 4 years, then seemingly with no cause, a
major issue. As they used to say about regular backups, it's not "if", it's
only "when".

ms

ms wrote:
Sorry to keep posting on the same problem, but I'd like to get the
machine running again.

I have the OS CD, and now I have the 4 Setup disks.

Don't have the ERD.

The data I've saved indicates I need all three items, CD, setup disks
and ERD, to recover the OS.

I've searched, don't find a link to download the ERD.

Advice?

ms

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