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I have mentioned several times before that I use Ghost for backup and it has
the capability to generate a file which contains the CRC32 "fingerprint" of
every file in the system. I have made software which will allow me to
compare dates, file lengths and CRC32 values from any given two backups and
determine what files have been added, deleted and changed. This has saved
my backside a number of times.
~Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Mathews <wayne@xxxxxxxxx>
To: =omega list <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: How To Recover From A Non-Booting Win 2000
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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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