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- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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 124(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.
-
- Boot disk has to be formatted either by ERS 2000 or Win95/98.
- ERS 2000 has to add files to the Win98 bootdisk, so click
- Options\Make ERS boot disk to add the files.
- (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
- 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 ß, · 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
- formatting tool or Win95/98 only to format the floppy disk.
- 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.