Win2000 boot disk and system recovery

The information about the startup disk of Win2000 can be called a pile of online. However, after reading the information, the author feels that these things are too messy. How can I buy and help readers to understand the ideas? How can I eliminate the fallacy in the network data? If you want to come and think about it, you still have to do it yourself to clean up this knowledge.

First of all, you need to make a note with everyone:

We will mention three things: Win2000 boot disk, Win2000 system rescue disk, Win2000 installation CD. These three are completely different. They vary greatly from creation to use and will be introduced separately later. This core content is also said from these three discs.

The first one, we first talk about the Win2000 boot disk.

The Win2000 boot disk is definitely to start the Win2000 system. Its classic production method, which is also provided by Windows, is like this:

There is a bootdisk directory on the Win2000 installation CD. Makeboot is the command to make the boot disk. You can enter the command at the command line: bootdiskmakeboot a: (drive: is the drive letter of the CD)

To create a set of Setup boot disks, run Makeboot.exe from the Bootdisk folder

on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM:

1. Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

2. Click Start, and Then click Run.

3. In the Open box type ":bootdiskmakeboot a:" (without the

quotation marks), and then press ENTER, where is the letter of

your CD-ROM drive.

A total of four floppy disks are required for such a boot disk.

Moreover, I have to be very sorry to tell you that these four plates are actually useless. They simply can't boot the machine to the point where it gives everyone an interface. You can't do anything but watch the startup process. After the four disks have been replaced, the system still needs to provide the installation CD before you can enter the console. Therefore, only these four boot disks can actually do nothing. Therefore, the role of these four disks is only: if your computer does not support booting from the CD, you need to start the machine. And if you already have the Win2000 installation CD, the machine also supports booting from the CD. This disk is useless.

Another type of Windows2000 boot disk:

There are many articles on the Internet that can copy several files to a floppy disk to enable Windows 2000 boot. This is indeed much easier than 4 discs. These files are: BOOT.INI, BOOTSECT.DOS, IO.SYS, MSODS.SYS, NTDETECT.COM, and NTLDR. But the so-called boot disk with these 6 files can't boot the machine to the console we can control. It can only be a Windows 2000 boot disk at best. It completely records the installation of the system on different hard disk partitions. When your multi-boot menu is corrupted or the boot sector is corrupted, it can help you reboot to Windows 2000 or Windows on your hard drive. And other things can't be done. And you need to remind everyone that it is not a simple matter to copy these six files. These are all system files in Win2000. Can't copy. Changing the properties of a file also does not solve the problem. Need to switch to another operating system to copy.

Windows 2000 System Rescue Disk:

Creating an Emergency Repair Disk is created in Windwos2000. It is created as follows:

Click Start & mdash; Programs & mdash; Attachments & mdash; System Tools & mdash; Backup.

In the "Tools" menu, click "Create an Emergency Repair Floppy".

Please follow the on-screen instructions.

Note:

A 1.44 MB blank floppy disk is required to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

The repair process depends on the information stored in the systemrootrepair folder. This folder cannot be changed and deleted.

Whenever possible, select “also back up the registry to the repair directory” save the current registry file to a folder in the systemroot/repair folder. This is useful when there is a problem with the hard drive and you need to restore the system.

The system also provides additional information about the repair process. Specifically can be found in the Windows help.

Using Emergency Repair Disks

Emergency Repair Disks (ERD) can help you repair or recover systems that cannot load Windows 2000, as well as help fix problematic system files and partition boot sectors. This usually happens when the hard drive fails or some system files are corrupted or accidentally deleted. System files are files that Windows 2000 uses to load, configure, and run an operating system. If some system files are missing or corrupted, you can use ERD to fix them.

The partition boot sector contains information about the file system structure and loading operating system commands. If the computer is a dual boot system, the ERD contains setup information that specifies which operating system to boot and how to boot.

ERD should be updated regularly so that the latest system settings are recorded on the disk. ERD is designed to restart the computer and repair system files, it does not back up files or programs.

Note:

Generally, don't use ERD to fix registry problems. The registry copy that ERD restores is the original registry after installation.

Restoring Settings from Emergency Repair Disks

For Intel-based computers, you can start your computer using the Windows 2000 installation disk or the Windows 2000 Professional CD.

After the installer finishes copying files from the installation disk, the system reboots and starts the text-based installation mode.

On the welcome screen of the installation, press R to choose whether you want to repair or restore your Windows 2000 installation.

Wait until you are prompted for the type of repair or the required repair option, press R to repair the corrupted Windows 2000 installation.

Click “Quick Fix" or “Manual Fix”.

If you want the installer to selectively repair system files, partition boot sectors, or boot environments, press the M key to manually fix it. Manual repair does not fix the registry.

If you want the installer to automatically repair system files, partition boot sectors, and boot environment, press F to do a quick fix. The registry that the installer restores is the one that was created the first time Windows 2000 was installed. Quick fixes do not require additional user interaction.

Follow the prompts that appear and insert the ERD when prompted. If you have the original Windows 2000 CD, you can let the installer verify the disk (check for corruption).

When the repair is complete, the computer will restart and run Windows 2000.

Best solution:

In fact, computers that can install Windows 2000 can support booting from CD to a large extent. Therefore, a reasonable system recovery solution should be like this. :

1) Be sure to create a system rescue disk.

2) Keep your Windows 2000 installation CD.

3) When there is a problem with the system. Distinguish between two cases: whether it is a startup problem or something else. If it is a boot issue, especially if it is a multi-boot menu corruption problem, use the CD boot and use the rescue disk recovery system when prompted to insert the system to rescue the disk. If it is another problem, please use the CD to boot and enter the Windows2000 console.

We have published the Win XP console command (the command and meaning are very close to the 2000 console) and the Win2K "secret weapon" registry console tool can be consulted.