[dba-Tech] NT4 problem

Have any NT 4 install floppy disks? Back in the dark ages when NT first came
out I used them quite a bit for troubleshooting these issues. A real pain no
doubt but it usually worked. The other thing you could try is boot up with a
floppy and use NTFSDOS.exe
(http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdos.shtml) to copy the
needed files over. I haven't done this for years so...

You might also look into ERD Commander 2003 Emergency download version:
http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/erdcommander2002.asp

Good Luck!
John B.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 6:43 AM
To: Dba-Tech (E-mail)
Subject: [dba-Tech] NT4 problem


Hi all

got a small problem with an NT4 pc.

It was left on my desk with a recovery disk and a note telling me that there
was a problem with boot up, and that the recovery disk wasn't working. So I
turned it on, and sure enough, there was a problem with boot-up. Apparently
Display.dll is missing or corrupt. So I went to bootdisk.com and downloaded
a set of bootdisk images, which I've extracted to 3 floppies. I booted off
the floppies, and when it asks me for the NT4 cd, I put one in, but it
wouldn't read it, and the CD drive made lots of funky noises. So I replaced
the CD drive, and tried again. That didn't work either - didn't spin the
disk up or anything. I replaced it again, and this one spins the disk up,
but refuses to recognise the cd is an install disk. So I made a copy of the
CD, which also doesn't work.

Short of putting the hard drive into another box as a slave, is there
anything I can do to get it working again? It's not on the network either,
so that's another problem.


Jon


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