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- From: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT)
- Subject: flexboot problem and solution
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.001914.28690@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy )
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <13642@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Jul22.224020.17405@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 00:19:14 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- I recently had an experience that forced me to learn the hard way and I
- thought that I would share with others hopefully so they won't waste as
- much time as I did.
-
- I had installed NT successfully (I think!) but then got a new hard disk so I
- did a tape backup. When I restored to the new disk, the flex boot thing
- didn't operate, so I could only boot DOS. The problem, apparently, is that
- the boot sector doesn't get restored by the tape software in the same place.
-
- It's a relatively simple matter to get the boot sector back in the right
- place, but the files you'll need are on the NT CD, not on your hard disk. I
- suggest that you put them in a FAT partition NOW so that you can get things
- fixed quickly after a disk crash. Even if you can reinstall NT quickly, the
- configuration can be very time consuming.
-
- On the NT CD, go to the directory \dos2nt\install. You will need the
- following files:
-
- saveboot.sec
- ntboot.sec
- insert.sec
- debug.exe
-
- Create a batch file that contains the following:
-
- ren bootsec.dos btsecdos.bak
- debug < saveboot.sec
- debug ntboot.sec < insert.sec
-
-
- Run this at the root of your C: drive.
-
- This is similar to what "NT2DOS.BAT" does, but obviously we want to skip
- copying all those files.
-
- This worked for me and saved the time and trouble of having to reinstall all
- of NT again. Keep in mind that this is designed to work ONLY where the files
- are all there, but the boot sector is misplaced.
-
- I guess the good folks at MicroSoft forgot about people's disks crashing and
- didn't think to provide this batch file.
-
- Rion Cassidy
-