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More info?)
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:35:18 -0400, Wolf Kirchmeir
<wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Jimi Hullegård wrote:
>> "Wolf Kirchmeir" <wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:qABAe.1710$6e3.218812@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>
>>>Jimi Hullegård wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is it possible to create the emergency repair disks from the recovery
>>>>console?
>>>
>>>If by "recovery console" you mean the screen that offers various repair
>>>options, no. W2K must be running for you to make make emergency diskettes,
>>>and the recovery console is actually running in a (very, very limited)
>>>command-line-only environment (AFAIK, it's a version of DOS.) The
>>>emergency diskettes are a limited snapshot of your W2K system as it exists
>>>when you make the diskettes. As I understand it, the key feature is the
>>>match between W2K and your specific hardware, which W2K creates
>>>automatically during installation.
>>
>>
>> OK. I didn't know that.
>> But then how does boot disks like these work?
>>
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>> I thought these four W2k disks were the rescue disks?
>
>They boot a limited version of W2K with the assumption of "generic
>hardware", eg, plain EGA instead of VGA or XGA, no network cards or
>printer drivers, etc. You use this plain vanilla version of W2K to
>invoke the repair process. The emergency diskette you make with your own
> system differs from this in a few crucial respects, as I understand it
>- but I may be wrong. In any case, it may be worth d/l those bootdisks
>and keeping a couple copies on hand.
>
>[...]
>>>You can use the CD to repair W2K from the recovery console.
>>
>>
>> Well, I tried that, but it didn't work. I guess because the CD I used when I
>> installed windows way back wasn't the same CD as I used today.
>
>Ah, you should always keep the original CD -- or at least copy of it.
>
I'd try to keep the original CD - AND a copy of it. Anything can get
lost or damaged.
Note that copying files dosn't make a disk bootable. Use the CD-copy
option in your burning software.
>> So I ended up installing windows on top of my current installation.
>
>That should work all right, at least you'll get a workable W2K, and can
>fiddle with it.
>
>> Thanks for all information, Wolf!
>
>You're welcome.
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