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Trashed W2K Server
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 8:48 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by tfuller
(1 messages posted)
Hi All,
I have a W2k server I'd like to get running again. I believe I have a good plan,
but it's not one I've tried before nor have I heard from anyone who tried something
similar. I've posted a description of how I believe the problem developed and how
I plan to make the repair at the following URL:
http://www.computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/65390.html
I'd sure like your input. Here's an outline of the plan.
1) I've installed w2k server with service pack 4 on my C: drive
2) I plan to restore from backup a "broken" copy of my original w2k server over my
current w2k system without replacing any of the existing files.
3) I plan to restore the rest of the C: drive, except for the %system%\winnt directory,
and replace all existing files.
Somehow get my registry back in place.I have the following files on backup:
Directory of H:\NTRestore\WINNT\repair
03/31/2008 09:50a .
03/31/2008 09:50a ..
12/07/1999 04:00a 438 autoexec.nt
04/12/2007 04:22p 2,620 config.nt
03/12/2008 06:06p 217,088 default
03/31/2008 09:50a 0 dir.txt
03/30/2008 09:41a RegBack
03/12/2008 06:06p 32,768 sam
03/12/2008 06:06p 77,824 security
03/12/2008 06:04p 154,892 setup.log
03/12/2008 06:06p 35,991,552 software
03/12/2008 06:06p 3,272,704 system
9 File(s) 39,749,886 bytes
Directory of H:\NTRestore\WINNT\repair\RegBack
03/30/2008 09:41a .
03/30/2008 09:41a ..
03/12/2008 11:49a 217,088 default
03/12/2008 06:58p 5,939,200 NTUSER.DAT
03/12/2008 11:49a 32,768 SAM
03/12/2008 11:49a 77,824 SECURITY
03/12/2008 11:49a 35,479,552 software
03/12/2008 11:49a 7,520,256 system
03/12/2008 07:06p 167,936 UsrClass.dat
The two ways I can think of to accomplish restoring the original state of the registry
files are
1) use the recovery console and copy files from the above repair directory to the
config directory
and
2) boot using the "Last Known Good Configuration" option.
Of the two options I believe, the boot "last know" seems the best thing to do. But
if I were to use the recovery console, which files should I copy over from the "\repair",
"\repair\RegBack" folders? The advice I'd appreciate is what's my best corse of action?
TIA
T. Fuller
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