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Date: | Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:37:56 -0500 |
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Stan, the way to get around this problem is to install NT into a
different directory on the NTFS partition, boot into that installation,
recover/restore the missing files, then boot into the original
installation.
John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 1998 12:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Express 4 power patch (Official answer)
>
> Neil writes:
> >
> > Denys
> >
> > I have also moved to NT4 WS SP3, and I find it an improvement over
> > Windows 95.
>
> I run with the FAT file system on my NT 4 Server (SP 3), not the
> NTFS. That saved me when I run into a critical NT bug of some
> kind. (I'd tried to install RASxxxxx (I forget the xxxx part),
> and the install said "some files missing", and then tried to reboot
> NT ... it never came back, but endlessly rebooted over and over.)
>
> Even the ERD wasn't getting very far.
>
> Because my C: drive is FAT, I was able to boot from an old DOS
> floppy and go in and edit/rename/delete some files that were
> causing the problem, and I eventually recovered without losing
> any data.
>
> Yes, I know that NTFS supposedly has better integrity ...
> but that would have left me s.o.l.
>
> SS
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