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Recently my dual booting W2K would not boot to the main OS holding TS2K
due to a corruption in C:\windows\system32\config\software. I used the
Recovery Console (RC) to try to replace this file, which I eventually
did. The RC can be loaded from the CD or 4 floppies. The password for
the computer is needed to start the RC.
At first I struggling with the RC off and on for a week, then I called
MS support. The cost of one incident on W2K by phone is $245. So I
bought a second upgrade CD for W2K for $189 which gives 2 incidents.
MS support could not get me booted so I wanted to move my crucial TS
files (MyWorks, etc.) out of volume C: onto volume D: where the working,
second OS can see them. This can be done with the RC even on a
non-booting system. But I found that I did not have the option enabled
that allowed this. By default setup does not enable this option. I
SUGGEST THAT ANYONE RUNNING W2K ENABLE THIS OPTION UNLESS YOU NEED THE
SECURITY THAT DISABLED AFFORDS. Namely, that files can only be copied IN
and not OUT from the HD. (With this option disabled files in C: can be
renamed and copied using RC. Make sure the file
C:\windows\repair\regback is upto date).
Go to control panel - administrative tools - local security policy -
security options - Recovery Console:Allow floppy copy and access to all
drives and folders. Right click, click on Security…enable.
The window needs to be closed for the change to take effect. You might
also want to enable the RC automatic administrative login but then
anyone with the 4 floppies can access your files. Each time you are in
the RC the SET command must be used to AllowAllPaths (see the help
file). Set - AllowRemoveableMedia did not work for my Zip drive only the
floppy (not much help at 1.44MB). Does anyone know how to get Set -
AllowRemoveableMedia to include a Zip? What drivers are needed?
Also uncheck "Automatically reboot" or you may not be able to see the
error message if the computer will not boot as when the problem code
(file) is hit the computer reboots so fast that the message can not be
seen.
Go to control panel - system - advanced - startup and recovery.
I kept playing with the RC and finally got booted which enabled me to
recover crucial TS files. But my data partition was hosed (unknown
cause??) so I decided to format the HD and start over, a long process
for 22 apps!.
The moral of this story is BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP.
wayne
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