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

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

CRAP... URL for MTL is ...

http://dtidata.com/Products_media_tools.asp

Calum Morrell wrote:
> 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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