Can anyone see anything obviously wrong with my setup? This isn't a fatal error, since I can still get into Windows without any hassle, but it is annoying.
> Can anyone see anything obviously wrong with my setup? This isn't a > fatal error, since I can still get into Windows without any hassle, > but it is annoying.
Right, I've installed the Recovery console, from the Win2K as the instructions say in the help, but Ican't seem to find how to start it up and typing "fixboot" in a cmd window doesn't work. Any ideas?
Regards
Johnny
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:09:14 -0700, "Dave Patrick"
To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000 Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD, use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows 2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the password has been validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: %systemroot% and %windir%
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"Loopy" wrote: > Right, I've installed the Recovery console, from the Win2K as the > instructions say in the help, but Ican't seem to find how to start it > up and typing "fixboot" in a cmd window doesn't work. Any ideas?
> Regards
> Johnny
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:09:14 -0700, "Dave Patrick" > <m...@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:
<m...@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote: >To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000 >Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup >floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD, >use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. >Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows >2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The >Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do >not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the >computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery >Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the password has been >validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access >to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your >computer: %systemroot% and %windir%
Okay, I've fished out my disc, booted off it and gotten into the Recover Console and tried fixboot, but I still get the same error. Is there anything else I can try, after listing the available commands, I can't see anything obvious that may help me fix this problem.
>>To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000 >>Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup >>floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD, >>use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. >>Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows >>2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The >>Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do >>not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the >>computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery >>Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the password has been >>validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access >>to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your >>computer: %systemroot% and %windir%
Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on an NT machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it; and possibly ntbootdd.sys. Only replace boot.ini with this one. This assumes Windows 2000 is installed to drive0 and on the first partition.
"Loopy" wrote: > Okay, I've fished out my disc, booted off it and gotten into the > Recover Console and tried fixboot, but I still get the same error. Is > there anything else I can try, after listing the available commands, I > can't see anything obvious that may help me fix this problem.
<m...@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote: >Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 >the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on an NT >machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), >and copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it; and possibly ntbootdd.sys. >Only replace boot.ini with this one. This assumes Windows 2000 is installed >to drive0 and on the first partition.
<m...@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote: >Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 >the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on an NT >machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), >and copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it; and possibly ntbootdd.sys. >Only replace boot.ini with this one. This assumes Windows 2000 is installed >to drive0 and on the first partition.
