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I have gone through this a couple of times, and it's a pain. Here's what I
did:
I first executed a DIR /s on the windows directory of the working drive
(before the replacement) and redirected the output to a file to save it. I
then executed a DIR /s /a:h (hidden files) and again saved the output to a
file. Finally, a DIR /s /a:s > sys.lst saved a list of system files.
Then I performed essentially the same operations on my backed-up files and
compared the results with the above. If I recall correctly, the files which
were missing were several from the \wind\system32\config directory. (Oh, I
forgot to mention that my boot & system files were all on a FAT16
partition.)
Then I booted to DOS and saved the missing system files to my backup copies,
and an augmented restore now worked fine.
Win2000 Pro backup appears to have a facility for backing up the registry.
This may be a way to capture a copy of these critical files from an NTFS
partition.
Carroll Slemaker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cheatham" <nchrisc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 8:14 PM
Subject: win 2000 backup restore
> I am stumped...trying to replace the NTFS hard drive that holds win2000
> system files. Backed up and restored twice to two different media, and
all
> of the win2000 files don't seem to get copied. Get error messages when I
> try to boot off the new drive...files missing from \sys32\, then fix that
> and more pop up. Backup/restore using the win2000 file manager utility.
> Old drive started grinding every now and then but has not made any data
> errors that I have seen.
>
> Am I missing something? Is there a better way?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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