> At 03:09 AM 10/6/2006, Mike Miller typed:
> >Is there any thing unique to my system on the ERD?
>
> What ERD ? One provided by the vendor where you got your machine?
> If so this will only restore the machine to the condition you
> rec'd the machine from the factory in.
ERD = Emergency Recovery Disk which is created during the the
install process or later from the Win2K backup utility.
>
> >Do I need one if I have the install CD and can boot from CD?
>
> Need is a subjective word. Apparently what I need & others need
> can be very different.
>
> >I was going to create one after installing SP4, but my floppy
> >drive seems to have died.
>
> If you've had to download Sp4 & install that then your install CD
> isn't even good enough to do a Repair Install. I would make a
> Slipstreamed Win2k Sp4 install CD if I were you ASAP. Bart's PE
> Builder will run on 2ksp4 but unfortunately you can't build a
> bootable CD using that OS. The only OSes that successfully build
> a BartPE CD are from Xp [Home & Pro] & 2k3 [Web, Stand &
> Enterprise] therefore I would consider imaging your setup with
> TrueImage or Ghost so that you can quickly replace it if req'd.
> At the very least please backup the files that you've created to
> some removable drive &/or media.
I have an image from before sp4 created with Apricorn and I'll make one
with sp4 after I fix a couple things. I'll look into slipstreaming sp4.
Mike
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