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Access a NT 4.0 server

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by hungleq

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My NT 4.0 server crashed (Blue Screen). Are there utilities that I can boot from the floopy drive to access the C: drive.

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by duskos

You can find a wealth of resources on http://sysinternals.com

You can also try following:

1. Install new disk drive as master (if it is IDE drive)

2. Install your original (dead) drive as slave.

3. Install NT 4.0 server on new disk.

4. Having installed NT 4.0 you should be able to access files on your old disk.

You can of course, remove your C: drive from your original server and install it on another working NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 computer (can be NT Workstation or Win 2000 Professional). You should then be able to access contents of your old drive.

by hungleq

Forgot to mention, this was configured as RAID 5, so taking the drive out was not an option.

by deb2

Depending on message on blue screen,you could try creating an NT boot disk.
Format floppy using NT. Copy NTLDR, NTDETECT and Boot.ini from good PC to the floppy. Depending on how the disk was set up, the partition() in the boot.ini may need to be changed from 1 to 2. Insert the disk and boot up.

by hungleq

I am looking for a utility that I can boot from a diskett to access my c: drive. I saw someone using it but I did not get the detail at the time.

by bohicam1

When did it crash? During the initial boot, during the hardware check, during login, while operating? There are different solutions to each of these answers. Please give a little more detail....were there any error messages that you could understandother than the usual numbers? Was there a .dll that failed to load? Please let us know to help a bit more, thanks..

Mike

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