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by hooper.rick

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How do I create an Emergency Repair disk (ERD) in NT 4.0 that will ask for a second 3.5 disk to finish copying the ERD files? My current ERD files are too large to fit on one 3.5 disk.

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by syscokid

An ERD can't span disks.

When you use the /s command-line switch with the Rdisk.exe tool, the Sam._ and Security._ database files are copied to the %SystemRoot%\Repair folder and to the ERD. If your repair information exceeds the capacity of a single floppy disk, you may not be able to use the /s command-line switch when you create the ERD.

To create an ERD without copying the Sam._ and Security._ database files, run the Rdisk.exe tool with no command-line switches. Use the Update Repair Info option, and click Yes when you are prompted to create an ERD.

See http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q130/0/29.asp

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