Windows 2000 Emergency Repair Disk
I was looking fFor a way to create a recovery disk fFrom the command line, and I came up with this. I don't entirely know fFor sure if this is 100% true and reliable, but it has the element of Truthiness. Recorded here fFor convenience and posterity.
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Windows 2000 Emergency Repair Disk
Insert a blank 3.5" disk in the disk drive that has been full or quick formatted in Windows 2000. If you do not perform a full or quick format in Windows 2000, the NTLDR will not exist in the disk boot sector and this will prevent Windows 2000 Boot Disk to boot.
In Windows 2000 open a Command Prompt window (Start | Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt) and enter the following commands:
XCOPY C:\NTLDR A:\ /H /K
XCOPY C:\NTDETECT.COM A:\ /H /K
XCOPY C:\BOOT.INI A:\ /H /K
Remove the 3.5" disk from the disk drive and label the disk being Windows 2000 Emergency Boot Disk.
The Windows 2000 boot files are not visible on the 3.5" disk. To view the Windows 2000 boot files, enter the following command on the 3.5" disk to view the files:
A:\>attrib
A SHR A:\ntldr
A SHR A:\NTDETECT.COM
A SH A:\boot.ini
Restart Windows 2000 with the newly created Windows 2000 Boot Disk in the disk drive to test the boot disk. Windows 2000 should boot from the 3.5" disk to the hard drive if the Boot Disk was correctly created.
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Windows 2000 Emergency Repair Disk
Insert a blank 3.5" disk in the disk drive that has been full or quick formatted in Windows 2000. If you do not perform a full or quick format in Windows 2000, the NTLDR will not exist in the disk boot sector and this will prevent Windows 2000 Boot Disk to boot.
In Windows 2000 open a Command Prompt window (Start | Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt) and enter the following commands:
XCOPY C:\NTLDR A:\ /H /K
XCOPY C:\NTDETECT.COM A:\ /H /K
XCOPY C:\BOOT.INI A:\ /H /K
Remove the 3.5" disk from the disk drive and label the disk being Windows 2000 Emergency Boot Disk.
The Windows 2000 boot files are not visible on the 3.5" disk. To view the Windows 2000 boot files, enter the following command on the 3.5" disk to view the files:
A:\>attrib
A SHR A:\ntldr
A SHR A:\NTDETECT.COM
A SH A:\boot.ini
Restart Windows 2000 with the newly created Windows 2000 Boot Disk in the disk drive to test the boot disk. Windows 2000 should boot from the 3.5" disk to the hard drive if the Boot Disk was correctly created.