Repair windows 2000 console

Sign in to vote. Dear All, Forget my english, please. So, I follow the prompt, use Install media to boot my server, after I choice repair system not repair console , then system will delete and copy some files to prepare repair, then reboot.

Function: Customize Bussiness Application. Problem Description : onece reboot or shutdown, W2K were nerver start up again Already tried: follow the prompt, use Install media to boot server, then repair the operation system.

User my system status backup file. This would boot nicely, but once I reboot or shutdown, the problem reappear. Edited by jxxx Wednesday, November 10, AM update. Tuesday, November 9, PM. Thank support for everyone! We find a method to solve this problem. Step show below Use regedit to delete all not need registry at system hive. Save the system. It will compact system. Take system.

Marked as answer by jxxx Friday, November 12, PM. Friday, November 12, PM. Dear Dave Thank for reply. I will try your tip KB Wednesday, November 10, AM. I look the KB mention Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. My operation system was Windows server SP4 with all windows update.

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This kind of access to files without NT loaded is one of the basis for various methods to recover lost admin passwords. For Windows NT it was the primary tool.

The ERD does not boot the machine. Instead, it contains files that contain settings and configuration information that can be used to return the operating system back to its condition when the ERD was created. The Recovery Console is a console program that can be launched after the Startup Setup version of the Windows operating system is booted. It is a console program that can be used to discover and fix system issues.

Under the Recovery Console, you have access to the following commands:. If the ERD process does not resolve your problem, you can use the Recovery Console, but which is definitely only for experienced administrators.

You need to install the Recovery Console before you have problems. After its installed, you will have another boot option. If you haven't been proactive or the system doesn't boot even to this point, you can get to the Recovery Console by booting with the Windows Setup floppy disks or to the Windows CD.

The Recovery Console will require you to enter the password for the local administrator's account if used on W2K Professional or a member server. If run against a domain controller, you will be required to enter the password for the administrator password that was entered during dcpromo, the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator password. This password is only used under conditions when the active directory can not be accessed, Directory Services Restore mode or Recovery Console.

It is stored in a mini-SAM used for this special purpose. One of the most powerful features of the Recovery Console in Windows is the utilities fixboot and fixmbr.

If the boot sector gets corrupted, it can be replaced by fixboot. There are a set of boot sector viruses which damage or hide the boot sector replacing it with its own contaminated sector code to insure that the boot sector virus is loaded into memory at boot.

Fixboot gives the W2K admin a powerful tool against the destructive programs as well as accidental damage. Fixmbr is a powerful tool to replace a contaminated or damaged Master Boot Sector mbr. There is a set of viruses which also use the mbr to spread its contamination.