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Recovering from a BSD

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by zlitocook

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I have had two so far but with reboot it had fixed itself. I would like to hear tips and tricks for when it wont fix itself. If you dont have a ERD or enough space to load a second NT to access the other. What can you do to access an NTFS partition if you can not boot to it?

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by zlitocook

I read all the time that the admin. or tech. saved the day by reloading the video driver or some such. But if you can not get into NT how do they do this?

by joseph moore

Well, try an NT boot floppy. Copy the following files to a blank floppy:

NTLDR
NTDETECT.COM
BOOT.INI
NTBOOTDD.SYS - only if the computer has a SCSI hard drive.

MOdify the BOOT.INI file to match the ARC path of the computer you want to use it with.

Power on with the floppy in it.

Hope this helps.

by zlitocook

I know how to make a boot disk I was looking for other ways to fix or tips or tricks. sorry

by dcerrato

Depends on the specific cause of the BSD.
I had one user come to me about a BSD they were getting on an NT workstation.
I took a look at the screen, turned it off opened the case, replaced the RAM, and Bingo! no more BSD!

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