Re: Re: [OTish] HELP! W2K registry corrupted

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

Paul Gale  wrote:
> CHKDSK found around 10 files with errors, so hopefully my other data
> is OK. If I do a full re-install I should still have everything I 
> need (all HA software settings are backed up - I think!). I also run
> Exchange 2000 server and with all the other patches, settings, 
> tweaks it'll take a while to get it all back (last rebuild took 2 
> days! - although there was a lot of playing). I wanted to try some
> obvious (or not so) things first before comitting to wasting a 
> Sunday when I could be getting on with over HA stuff :(

Can I suggest checking the integrity of the HD more thoroughly to find 
out if it was a typical windows problem or physcial damage which is more
likely to recurr with increasing frequency?

If you are willing to leave it sitting for a few hours to test it, 
download a copy of MTL, install to floppy and reboot from the floppy. 
This will only give you the demo version, but it checks your HD well. 
Just ignore the data recovery options since they will find all the files
it can recover, but not do so.

Anyway .. sequence once booted is ....

Type "MTL<enter>"
Select "Continue<enter>"
Select the drive from the list you need to test [use the IDE version 
rather than EBIOS if you can] and press return
Select "Surface Test<enter>"
Select "Start<enter>"

it will notify on an error and show the full log at the end.

If at any point it warns you the disk geometry is incorrect and 
recommends a new setting, just accept it by pressing return. It only 
alters it for that session.

And good luck :-)

-- 
Calum Morrell
www.drochaid.org




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