Ok, it sounds like you are going to be redoing some things.... I'm not sure
what you are referring to when you say "Recorery Console method", but it
does not sound like you are talking about hives, as you should be able to
get in there, at least by using your original hives (in
%systemroot%\Repair).
IF you have use NTBackup to backup the System State it will create a folder
in %systemroot%\Repair\Regback & create a backup of your hives. If you have
a recent copy of your system hive in there & have not made any major system
changes/program installs you can copy it to %systemroot%\Config (copy all
five hives in this process, keep them together) & boot so you can at least
get your data off & rebuild the server.
Part one of this article can walk you through moving these hives around,
just remember to use "winnt" instead of "windows" in your navigation.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
The issue you are probably having w/ the parallel install is likely due to
Win2K setup not having an inbox driver for your disk controller. Just obtian
a driver from the manufacturer of you disk controller, put it on a floppy, &
during the very first part of setup hit F6 when prompted to provide a driver
for Mass Storage Controllers. This should get your parallel install
installed, then you can get your data off. You could also copy the contents
of the parallel installs winntback (or whatever you named it) to your
preivous installs winnt folder. However that all depends on how much you
will lose... most of the time either of these processess just get you in to
get your data so you can rebuild.
Good luck!
Mark
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Mark R. Wilson, MCSA/MCSE i-Net+/Security+
Enterprise Platform Support
Server Setup
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