Copyright: CopyRight 1996/97 Theodore Fattaleh


Contents

ERS 2000, Emergency Recovery System

      For Windows 2000 (FAT/FAT32) only

•	    About

•	    Legal Agreement

•	    ERS 2000 Backup and Restore

•	    Backup and Restore summary

•	    Install, Reinstall and Unistall

•	    Registration

•	    How about NTFS ?


Registration

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ERS 2000 features gets disabled after thirty trials:

Pricing:

ERS 2000 $25 US$ that is single user

2 to 9 licenses @ $22

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50 to 100 licenses @ $15

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ERS 2000 on CD

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If you pay by check, cashiers check or money order, please make them

payable to:

Theodore Fattaleh

1834 S Bentley Av. #202

West Los Angeles, CA 90025

USA

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Email addresses are.(If you get returned mail, please try a

different address.)

Email addresses are:

twf@flash.net

2000@msn.com

2000ted@csi.com

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ERS 2000
ERS 2000, Emergency Recovery System

Features and Instructions:

ERS 2000 does two Windows main files backups,

three Registry, all Profiles NTuser.dat and boot files backups,

two vital files backups and the "Document And Settings" directory

backup included in the Windows backup.

ERS2000 is for Win 2000 (FAT/FAT32), there is no ERS for Win2000

NTFS at the time being.

ERS 2000 needs few Win95 or Win98 MS-DOS files to be placed

in the ERS2000 directory in order to backup and restore.

NOTE: Please read the Backup and Restore section of this Help file about

backup and restore summary check list.

Windows main files Backups:

Windows main files backup is made from within the Windows environment

and get zipped in the Ers2000\Zipped folder.

Windows main files don't include the Registry files.

Click either the Windows #1 or the Windows #2 button to make the backup.

Depending on size and speed of computer, it will take about 3 to 12 minutes.

Restore batch files get created and placed in the Ers2000 directory,

Win1.bat for Windows #1 and Win2.bat for Windows #2.

Restore has to be done from the ERS Boot Disk.

Files with long file names has to be resotored in the Windows environment,

Click "Tools\Restore Files with Long files Names" to run it.

Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and the Common Files directory backup

also have to be restored in the Windows environment.

Note: Ers 2000 doesn't backup the whole Windows directory and subdirectories.

But restoring from the new Windows backups and restoring from

one of the registry backups to a none existing Windows

directory is like installing Windows and you will be able

to start Windows.

Tip: If Windows is corrupted beyond repair, then rename the WinNT directory

to WinNT1 while in the ERS Boot disk, then restore from Windows then

restore from Registry backups.

Document And Settings Directory Backups

Click "Options\Backup Documents and Settings with Windows backup".

It will backup the Documents and Settings directory excluding Profiles

registry files, Recent directory, Cookies directory, Local Setting directory

Address Book (*.wab and *.wa~ files) and Outlook Express mail (*.dbx files).

This backup includes all items in the StartMenu, Desktop  and Favorites.

Restore this backup from the Windows environment, Click

"Tools\Restore Files with Long files Names".

Be careful restoring from this backup replacing newer settings.

Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and the Common Files directory Backup

They get backed up with Winddows backup, it is important to backup

these directories in case they get over written by upgrades, service packs

or by other applications.

Restore this backup from the Windows environment, Click

"Tools\Restore Files with Long files Names".

Registry , all Profiles NTuser.dat and Boot files Backups:

As most of you know that you can't copy the Registry files while in the

Windows 2000 environment, so backup and restore has to be done from

a MS-DOS prompt.

But before making the backup and restore, ERS 2000 has to make the

backup and restore batch files in the Windows environment.

Open Ers2000.exe and click the "Make Registry Backup And Restore batch files"

button.

It will create 9 batch files:

3 Registry, all Profiles NTuser.dat and boot files backup batch files called:

Backsys1.bat

Backsys2.bat

Backsys3.bat

3 Registry, all Profiles NTuser.dat and boot files restore batch files called:

Restsys1.bat

Restsys2.bat

Restsys3.bat

Recreates restore windows restore batch files Win1.bat and Win2.bat.

Recreates restore windows restore batch files Vitals1.bat and Vitals2.bat.

Lastly, it creates Ers2000.bat and Ers.bat, type Ers2000 at the command prompt,

Ers2000.bat will popup and give you instructions on how to backup and restore.

Ers.bat and Ers2000.bat are the same.

Every time profiles are changed and you want to make a backup,

then a fresh set of Batch files has to be made before backing up.

Note that the Profiles directory has been placed in

"C:\Documents and Settings" directory in Win2000.

Vitals1 and Vitals2:

Are backups of about 157(more in the future) Windows essential files

which are most likely to get over written or corrupted, backing up these

files could save you a Windows re-install or a  format of the hard drive,

keep them current and keep only one backup. After you install a new

program do another backup in Vitals2, wait few days then delete the

older one.

You will find these backups in the Zipped directory

The letter S in Vitals1 stands for files backed up from Windows\System

directory.

The W in Vitalw1 stands for files backed up from the Windows directory.

The 1 stands for backup #1 and  2 stands for backup #2.

Virus attack backups

Click Options\Virus Attack Backup or find ViruBack in the StartMenu

and read Help in the ViruBack Help menu.

Backup and Restore:

As explained earlier, Windows files backup are made from within the

Windows environment.

To restore the Windows backups or backup and restore the registry,

have to be done from the ERS boot disk.

ERS 2000 needs the aid of some of Win95 or Win98 MS-DOS files:

Command.com

Attrib.exe

Choice.com

Deltree.exe

Edit.com

Io.sys

Xcopy.exe

Xcopy32.exe

Xcopy32.mod(If using Win98 only MS-DOS files)

All these files except Io.sys have to be copied to the Ers2000 directory,

without these files ERS 2000 backup and restore can't be carried out.

An ERS 2000 or Win95/98 (preferably Win98 to recognize FAT32) boot disk

has to be made either in ERS or from a Win98 computer.

ERS 2000 has to add files to the Win98 bootdisk, so click

Options\Make ERS bootdisk to add the files or format disk..

(Please read below on how to prepare and make the ERS boot disk)

Restart computer while ERS boot disk is in the floppy boot drive and type:

ERS2000.bat

It will change directory to the Ers2000 directory. if it didn't change directory

then change to the drive Ers2000 installed in and type:

CD ERS2000

There, if the ERS 2000 instruction page didn't popup then type ERS.

It will give you instructions on how to backup and restore.

Type:

Backsys1, Backsys2 or Backsys3 to backup the Registry files.

Type

Restsys1, Restsys2 or Restsys3 to restore from desired Registry backup.

Type

Win1 or Win2 to restore from Windows #1 or #2 backups.

Type

Vitals1 or Vitals2 to restore from Vitals #1 or #2 backups.

Please print this page and save it.

NOTE: You may need to add the .bat extension to the backup and

restore commands.

NOTE: Every time you open Ers2000.exe it recreates a fresh Ers2000.bat,

make a habit to open Ers2000.exe every time you make new backup.

NOTE:

If ERS 2000 is installed in a non English Win2000 and profile names

have extended non English characters á, ú etc. then ERS 2000 will give

error in MS-DOS backing up and restoring profiles NTUser.dat, because

MS-DOS doesn't recognize extended non English characters.

It will be best to change profile names to names without the

non-English characters."

ERS Boot Disk:

-- Before making the ERS bootdisk, be sure to click the

   "Make Backup and Restore batch files" button.

-- In order for the ERS 2000 boot disk to work:

   1) DON'T use a Win2000 formatted floppy, use either ERS 2000 or

       Win95/98 only to format the floppy.

   2) DON'T use third party formatting tools and formatting with

       MS-DOS will NOT work with Win95 or Win98 bootdisk files.

-- Copy the following files to the Ers2000 directory first.

   Use only Win95/98 files.

   If using Win98 MS-DOS files then Xcopy32.mod would be needed.

   Command.com

   Attrib.exe

   Choice.com

   Deltree.exe

   Edit.com

   IO.sys

   Xcopy.exe

   Xcopy32.exe

   Xcopy32.mod(Win98 only)

LEGEND:

Where C:\ is mentioned, its considering "C" is the boot drive.

Where Windows is mentioned, its considering WinNT is the Win 2000

Windows Directory.

ERS 2000 runs in NEC computers that uses A as the boot drive

and would recognize the Windows directory no matter what name

it is called.

Also would recognize the StartMenu in any language.

Also recognize all Profiles.

Where Registry or critical is mentioned, it means the Registry files,

all Profiles NTuser.dat files and boot files.


How About NTFS ?

How About NTFS

As most of you know, there is no good utility to run

commands at the Command Prompt in a NTFS partition.

Even though there are many solutions to backup and restore

W2K system, but I am not happy with any of them.

Until I find a good way to do backup and restore:

Here are few steps that you can use to backup and restore.

1) The best method is install another instance of W2K in

another partition, do the backup and restore from the other

instance of W2K.

You can use any zipping software to zip backups or best

use MinuteMan Data Backup

http://www.mslm.com/minman.htm

Actually it is better to use MinuteMan because it excludes

most files that gives zipping errors.

2) Install Microsoft Recovery Console, to do that:

Click Start\Run and type

winnt32.exe /cmdcons

and follow instructions on the screen.

Click Start\Help and type Recovery Console in the Index query,

read all instructions and commands.

The most one that you can use is the "Copy" command,

unfortunately you can't use wild cards, so you have to copy

each registry file by itself.

Recovery Console has limited functions but better than nothing.

3) Use Microsoft Backup and Restore, not the best but better

than nothing.

Click Start\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\Backup.

Click the button to make a W2K boot disk and be sure to

select to backup registry files.

The boot disk is made only to boot the computer just in case

boot files were lost or corrupted, it boots you to the boot menu

only.

Open W2K help and type Emergency Recovery in the Index query.


Backup and Restore

ERS 2000 Backup and Restore check list:

1) ERS 2000 needs the aid of some of Win95 or Win98(preferred) MS-DOS files:

Command.com

Attrib.exe

Choice.com

Deltree.exe

Edit.com

Io.sys

Xcopy.exe

Xcopy32.exe

Xcopy32.mod(Win98 only)

All these files except have to be copied to the Ers2000 directory,

without these files ERS 2000 backup and restore can't be carried out.

If you have Win95 or 98 installed in the same computer then be sure

to use the same MS-DOS files version as Win95/98.

2) Click on the "Make Backup and Restore batch files" button to

make the backup and restore batch files.

Every time profiles are changed and you need to make a backup,

then a fresh set of Batch files has to be made.

3) Click Options\Make ERS Bootdisk and insert the

Either format floppy using ERS formatting tool or a Win98 bootdisk

in floppy drive, then click appropriate drive button so ERS 2000 will

copy necessary files to the bootdisk.

4) After you make a Registry backup from the boot disk then you should

go back to Windows and open ERS 2000, every time Ers2000.exe is opened

it recreates Ers2000.bat.

This is important to reflect backups time and date.

Backup and Restore:

1) Make Windows backups from within Windows, restore it from

MS-DOS.

2) Backup and restore the Registry from the Boot Disk:

Start computer while ERS 2000 boot disk in drive, once booted,

type ERS2000 or type ERS2000.BAT. It will change directory

to the Ers2000 directory and it will display all backup and restore commands.

If it didn't change directory then change to the drive Ers2000 installed in and type:

CD ERS2000

Type ERS2000.bat

If ERS2000 instruction page didn't popup then type ERS.

Type:

Backsys1, Backsys2 or Backsys3 to backup the Registry files.

Type

Restsys1, Restsys2 or Restsys3 to restore from desired Registry backup.

Type

Win1 or Win2 to restore from Windows #1 or #2 backups.

Type

Vitals1 or Vitals2 to restore from Vitals #1 or #2 backups.

You may need to add the .bat extension to these commands.

Tip: If Windows is corrupted beyond repair, then rename the WinNT directory

to WinNT1 while in the ERS Boot disk, restore from Windows then

restore from Registry backups.

Files with long file names

Have to be resotored in the Windows environment,

Click "Tools\Restore Files with Long files Names" to run it.

Document And Settings Directory Backups

Restore this backup from the Windows environment, Click

"Tools\Restore Files with Long files Names".

Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and the Common Files directory Backup

They get backed up with Winddows backup, it is important to backup

these directories in case they get over written by upgrades, service packs

or by other applications.

Restore this backup from the Windows environment, Click

"Tools\Restore Files with Long files Names".

Delete Windows System Files

Added a delete batch file to delete all files in the

Windows, Windows\System, Windows\System32,

Windows\Fonts, "Windows\System32\Drivers",

"Windows\System32Drivers\Etc" and Windows\Inf directories.

The batch file is made after Windows backup is made.

It is useful to remove new corrupted hardware drivers or hardware

software that were added to the Windows directory and a restore

from Windows backup wouldn't help. Also good to remove added

junk after trying out and uninstalling software redeeming wasted

hard disk space. The batch file is made after a Windows

backup, strongly recommend to use it after testing a Windows

restore to be sure all backup are there.

The batch file name is DelSys.bat, find it in the ERS2000 directory.

Note: Screen Savers are excluded from being backed up, if you

selected to delete files in the above directories then you will

find a copy of all screen savers in Ers2000\ScrBack\Sys and

Ers2000\ScrBack\Win directories, copy Screen savers in the

Ers2000\ScrBack\Win directory to WinNT and copy Screen savers

in the Ers2000\ScrBack\Sys directory to WinNT\System32.


Legal Agreement
THE LEGAL AGREEMENT

NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

In no event shall the publisher, the author, nor their suppliers be liable

for any damages whatsoever {Including, without limitation, damages for loss

of business profits, business  interruption, loss of business information,

or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of, or inability to use

this product, even if being advised of the possibility of such damages.

Although some state jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation

of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation

still apply to you. It is your responsibility to read the readme.txt file

before installing.


About

ERS 2000, Emergency Recovery System

ERS 2000

Copyright © 1996/97/98/99/00/01. All Rights Reserved.

  Theodore Fattaleh author, programmer and publisher.

  All Program Names are Registered Trademarks of their

  Respective Owner.

http://www.mslm.com

   Email addresses:

   twf@flash.net

   2000@msn.com

   2000ted@csi.com


Install, Reinstall and Unistall
Install, Reinstall and Uninstall

Windows 2000 FAT/FAT32 Only

INSTALLATION

ERS 2000 is for FAT/FAT32 partition only.

There are two installation to be made, the ERS VB6run and the

ERS 2000.

Run Setup.exe and select to install the VB6run first, when done

run Setup.exe again and select to install ERS 2000.

ERS 2000 installs in any drive with no path option because it has to

be accessed from a DOS environment that doesn't recognize long file

names.

Reinstall and Updates

Download the about 125 KB and unzip to a temporary directory.

Run ERSSetup.exe and select the "Reinstall" button if you are

reinstalling to a previous installation.

Take care  to see that the correct drive to the previous installation is

selected and shown in the drive window.

When reinstalling, don't delete the previous {older} Ers2000 directory.

Merely selecting the "Reinstall" command, it will

update and replace all files and recreate any missing files or folders.

UNINSTALL:

Open the ERS2000 directory and run Remove.exe, then

delete the entire Ers2000 directory.

UNINSTALLING the VB6run:

Not recommended

To Un-install, go to the Control Panel  Add/Remove Programs, scroll

down to VB6run and click uninstall. Suggest not to uninstall the

VB6run because it will be needed to run other programs programmed

with Visual Basic 6.0.