For the floppy to successfully boot Windows NT/2000 the disk must
contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on an NT machine, not
a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), then
copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it; and possibly
ntbootdd.sys. Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the
machine you wish to boot.
Else if you meant a dos disk, you can boot a Win98 startup disk or
navigate to;
\VALUEADD\3RDPARTY\CA_ANTIV\
on your Windows 2000 install CD-Rom and execute makedisk.bat or
www.bootdisk.com
Else if you wanted setup disks, the set of four install disks can be
created from your Win2k CD-rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on
the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from
32 bit) and follow the prompts.
You can run Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD,
then if you check the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will
also be backed up to
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%systemroot%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation.
Then archive the files in
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
These would, in effect, be registry restore points.
You can replace registry hives from within the recovery console by
copying the files from your archive to;
%systemroot%\system32\config
To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows
2000 Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not
have Setup floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the
Windows 2000 Setup CD, use another Windows 2000-based computer to
create the Setup floppy disks. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press
F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000 installation, and then press C to
use the Recovery Console. The Recovery Console then prompts you for
the administrator password. If you do not have the correct password,
Recovery Console does not allow access to the computer. If an
incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery Console quits
and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted or
missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console
starts in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password.
You cannot access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as
chkdsk, fixboot, and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the
password has been validated, you have full access to the Recovery
Console, but limited access to the hard disk. You can only access the
following folders on your computer: drive root, %systemroot% or
%windir%
(also note that the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom is bootable)
