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How apply service pack 6.0a

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by davem

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I (a humble grant writer and sometime network admin. cuz we don't have $ to pay a real one) want to apply SP 6.0a to our NT 4.0 server (SP 3 on it). What is best, safest way to do so. Our tape backup drive is dead. How can I back up everything (including NT registry) to a workstation prior to SP install? THANKS!

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by mark_lt

use ntbackup, and choose to backup to a file, copy this file off to another server and there you are, one backed up sp3 server.

Install sp4 1st,then IE4.1 then install sp6a

by mark_lt

Do this from the command prompt, then you can specify a drive to locate the backup on, if done with ntbackup (GUI) it has to have a tape drive.

by james a bailey

When you run Service Pack 6a, it you can select an option to back up files neccesarry to return to the previous setting. Select that before you install and boot to VGA mode if something goes bad. Then go to Control Panel, Add Remove Programs, and remove SP6. I dont think you can use NT backup without a tape drive.

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