[windows2000] Re: Rebuild W2K Pro
- From: George Yobst <george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:51:02 -0700
I took this suggestion and it worked great. I had to do a complete install
and it didn't delete any data, but unfortunately it didn't find any installed
software, so I'll have to rebuild the programs :-( It's virus scanning now.
Thanks for all the help! -George
On 5/27/05, Chris Berry <chris_berry-list-windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My favorite trick in that case is to mount it as a slave drive in a
> working machine.
>
> Chris Berry
> chris_berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> David L.Spanne wrote:
> > Tell us what happens. I had an XP box that would not boot, and tried
> > everything I could think of (Linux boot with samba, recovery console,
> > overinstall etc.) and could not get it to boot. Scanned drive with Trend
> > Micro, and found a nasty virus/worm that makes machine unbootable.
> > Recovered all data, but could never get it to boot. Had to build a new boot
> > drive. Many miserable hours of work, and serves me right for skimping on
> > security software and backups.
> > David Spanne
> >
> >
> > Subject: [windows2000] Re: Rebuild W2K Pro
> > From: George Yobst <george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 13:08:37 -0700
> > To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll try them.
> > -George
> >
> > On 5/27/05, Schneider, Robert <Robert.Schneider@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>Winternals NTFS Dos. You should be able to relocate these folders for safe
> >>keeping.
> >>Bob
> >>
> >>Bob Schneider
> >>L3 Communications/ILEX Systems
> >>IAVA Support
> >>732-530-8444 x3503
> >>robert.schneider@xxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Angus
> >>Macdonald
> >>Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:22 AM
> >>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Rebuild W2K Pro
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>In my experience the documents and settings folder is retained and duplicate
> >>usernames get modified folder names for their settings, ie
> >>Administrator
> >>Administrator.domain
> >>Administrator.001
> >>
> >>etc
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: George Yobst [mailto:george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx]
> >>Sent: 26 May 2005 22:57
> >>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [windows2000] Rebuild W2K Pro
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi all,
> >>I've got a PC that won't boot. If I put in the MS W2K CD,
> >>it won't repair. So the question is, if I re-install, will it
> >>destroy the Documents & Settings directory, or does
> >>it just deal with the WINNT folder? -George
> >>
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