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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows NT/2000 => Topic started by: Oober_Noober on April 28, 2006, 01:51:08 PM

Title: Emergency Repair Disk
Post by: Oober_Noober on April 28, 2006, 01:51:08 PM

Is it possible to make a ERD from one Windows 2000 computer and use it to recover another 2000 machine? Short Story: Used a tool that modified the registry, upon reboot I got a nice, shiny Blue Screen. All Googling points to a (surprise!) registry error. No ERD was created for the machine, so I thought it might work if I used the 2k 'puter next to it. I've got a 2k upgrade CD that I'm starting up with.

Also, is their a difference between an Emergency Repair Disk and an Emergency Recovery Disk? I'm getting conflicting reports.

Thanks.


-Oober

[highlight]EDIT: Quick Update. The first ERD I created (the one that errored out) copied the registry onto the disk. On a whim I made a second attempt, this time choosing not to copy the registry. This time the disk worked on the erring computer... sort of. It went through the motions of repairing the files, but the system still crashes on kernel load. Same registry related error. Rats. I need a clean registry, but when I copy it to a disk, Setup on the crashed machine won't accept it.[/highlight]

Title: Re: Emergency Repair Disk
Post by: Fed on April 28, 2006, 03:42:09 PM

A little light reading for you, I hope it helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000pro/support/whattodo.mspx#ELAA