Jeffrey_Walton
19 years agoLevel 4
Restore to Original OS from Alternate (Parallel) OS
Hi All,
I have a Dell 2650 that is dead. It appears a failed UPS coupled with dirty power has corrupted the original OS install. I can't get in to the recovery console. I can't get my sysadmin tools to work on password recovery because there a no DOS PERC drivers.
I was able to load another instance of the OS (in \WINNTNEW). \WINNTNEW is sharing a lot of things with \WINNT.
If I load BUE 9.1 onto the new OS (rather than Program Files, using a folder in \WINNTNEW), can I perform a restore to the dead OS? I'm concerned with SystemState.
Has anyone had any luck with this?
Thanks,
Jeff
I have a Dell 2650 that is dead. It appears a failed UPS coupled with dirty power has corrupted the original OS install. I can't get in to the recovery console. I can't get my sysadmin tools to work on password recovery because there a no DOS PERC drivers.
I was able to load another instance of the OS (in \WINNTNEW). \WINNTNEW is sharing a lot of things with \WINNT.
If I load BUE 9.1 onto the new OS (rather than Program Files, using a folder in \WINNTNEW), can I perform a restore to the dead OS? I'm concerned with SystemState.
Has anyone had any luck with this?
Thanks,
Jeff