DHSinclair,
Posting this again in case you deleted the old server thread.
If you can only get a partial boot before things start to look strange, it's probably a FUBAR'ed boot sector. If it was a failed disk, the SCSI controller (depending of
brand and model) would go into rebuild mode, and w2k would not boot at all.
Can you get a command prompt?
If yes, try the command [fix boot]. This should restore the backed up boot
sector. [fix mbr] restores the backed up mbr. [-? p] lists all options pagewise.
Is there an F-key you can press before w2k starts booting that takes you to the
SCSI controller menu (rebuild option)?
Have you tried doing a 'repair installation' from the 2k install CD?
Another, more time consuming, option is to hook up a DVD writer to the system, run e.g. a WinME boot disk, and then Ghost.exe from a System Works Pro 2003 CD (it's in the
Support>ghost folder), and then write the whole shebang directly to DVD(s). Afterwards, the data can be extracted with Ghost Explorer, even if the images are compressed.
If nothing else works, there's a nice little util that I use myself (I do some data recovery from time to time). Email me off the list, no reason to lose all your data,
as your system can be made to work again.
Best,
Soren
DHSinclair wrote:
I have zero idea what "it" may cost.
I do not have a web site.
I believe the this is the rage, but, I choose not to play.
Yes, cost is, at this level, is a fair discussion.
I get it. I am still at a hdw recovery level.
Duncan
At 12:50 09/29/2008 -0700, you wrote:
At 12:29 PM 9/29/2008, you wrote:
As a guy who understands ftp and hand codes his website, I can tell
you that
JungleDisk + Amazon S3 is just damn easy for everyone, not just users.
what does that cost?
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