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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Ace on July 08, 2002, 06:09:02 AM
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Ok,
I get back from my vacation and my business partner informs me that our NT4 machine will not boot and it is coming up with a boot record not found message.
When I try to do a repair using the disk it can not find WINNT and that I should insert the repair disk. Well I don\'t have a repair disk :rolleyes: and I need to get the files off the drive.
Is there a way to get this system up?
Do you think if I take the HD and put it on another system and set it up as a slave that I might be able to copy the files?
Thanks!
Ace
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I hate to tell you this but most likely your HD went bad. Either through an eletrical overload or just plain old failure.
The repair disk is just the Win NT/2000 CD that you installed it with. Of course, every good admin has a bootable floppy. You made one right?
Hooking it up as a slave to another bootable HD is probably your best choice at this point.
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Hi EmperorRob,
Yes I have a boot disk as well as the installation disk. Man I hate NT4. I think I will connect it to another system and see what I can do get these files.
Thanks!
Ace
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I thought we were the only ones still using NT 4.0. Anyway, even if you didn\'t keep an updated Emergency Repair Disk around, doesn\'t your company have backup procedures? A 12/24GB DAT drive isn\'t all that expensive, plus some decent backup software is a really really good investment, especially with NT. I agree with Rob, it sounds like your HD went bad, otherwise it would just be telling you that a certain component is missing, corrupt command.com, etc. There is a good chance you won\'t get your data back.
Get the backup, man...it\'s a mistake one shouldn\'t make twice.
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Originally posted by Sara
I thought we were the only ones still using NT 4.0. Anyway, even if you didn\'t keep an updated Emergency Repair Disk around, doesn\'t your company have backup procedures? A 12/24GB DAT drive isn\'t all that expensive, plus some decent backup software is a really really good investment, especially with NT. I agree with Rob, it sounds like your HD went bad, otherwise it would just be telling you that a certain component is missing, corrupt command.com, etc. There is a good chance you won\'t get your data back.
Get the backup, man...it\'s a mistake one shouldn\'t make twice.
Stop yelling at me. I\'m only kidding. :crying:
I\'ve been delaying backing up the system because it is on it\'s way out and I got kind of lazy. Well, not kind of, I was lazy.
Tomorrow I will give the HD a shot on another system.
Thanks!
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I\'m not yellin\' at ya, Ace. :)
I speak from experience...and my experience leads me to recommend blaming it on your partner. j/k
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Norton Ghost is pretty good for this kind of thing. Speaking of which I need to update my backups at the house.
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Originally posted by Sara
I\'m not yellin\' at ya, Ace. :)
I speak from experience...and my experience leads me to recommend blaming it on your partner. j/k
I already have! :D
Ace
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Originally posted by EmperorRob
Hooking it up as a slave to another bootable HD is probably your best choice at this point.
Agreed, that will work assuming the disk itself is healthy.