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Computer help problem persists and need help with FF 12
peterr:
Hi again Shane
I just heard from Ztruker in What the Tech about the restore issue requiring a linux cd or some botable media and copying files and do not feel this is something I or the average user would be able to do.
I do hope it will help others however.
At least I have Acronis and system restore which is pretty good.
From my end, thank you for trying and I can see where those skilled with pcs have a tendency to use devices non tech people cannot do, or do very easily.
Peter
Shane:
That was simply one way. Dont just the program to harshly when in beta :-)
The normal restore is built into the program and as easy as one click. Thus why it has a restore tab :-)
The bootable media is for the extreme, The "oh crap my computer wont boot" problem :wink:
And erunts isn't as simple in that case either
--- Quote ---Restoring the registry with ERDNT - Emergency Scenario I
--------------------------------------------------------
Situation: Windows fails to boot up in normal and safe mode, but you
have a DOS boot disk or another (working) operating system installed
on your PC which is supported by the ERDNT restoration program, and
from which you have full access to the drive(s) containing the corrupt
Windows installation and the registry backup.
Boot up to the working OS, and open the folder containing the registry
backup you want to restore.
If the drive letters are different to as they were in the Windows
where you created the registry backup, you need to edit the ERDNT.INF
file now to reflect the new drive letters, before trying to restore
the registry backup. For example, if the drive with the corrupt
Windows installation is now available as D: instead of C:, then you
would change all C:\... references in the INF file to D:\... . Editing
the file can be done in Windows with the Notepad program, and in DOS
with the EDIT command.
Now run the ERDNT.EXE file to start the restoration program. Select
which registry components to restore (just the system registry will do
in most cases), then start restoration. When the process is complete,
reboot the computer and check if the other Windows installation is
repaired now.
Restoring the registry with ERDNT - Emergency Scenario II
---------------------------------------------------------
Situation: Windows fails to boot up in normal and safe mode, and you
have no other working operating system installed on your PC.
The following two rescue methods require that your PC is configured so
that it can boot from CD. See your BIOS documentation for more
information.
1. Bart's PE Builder
Use another computer with Internet access and CD burning capabilities
to download this free program from the Internet (do a Google search
for it), which will create a bootable Windows CD with full access to
all drives (including NTFS). Boot from this CD, open the File
Management Utility and follow the directions in "Emergency Scenario I"
to run ERDNT and restore the registry.
2. The Windows Recovery Console (Windows 2000 and higher)
Note that you can use this method only if you saved the registry
backup inside the Windows folder, and that using this procedure only
the system registry is restored. This should however get you back into
Windows, from where you can run the ERDNT program to restore user
registries, if necessary.
- Boot your system from the Windows 2000/2003/XP CD-ROM.
- At the welcome screen, press "R" (Windows 2000: "R" then "C").
- Type in the number of the Windows installation you want to repair
(usually 1), then press ENTER.
- Type in the Administrator password (leave blank if you are unsure
what it is) and press ENTER.
- At the command prompt type
cd erdnt
or whatever you named your restore folder, then press ENTER.
- If you enabled automatic registry backup on system boot during ERUNT
installation and want to restore one of these backups, type
cd autobackup <ENTER>
- If you created subfolders for different registry backups (for
example, with the different creation dates), type
dir <ENTER>
to see a list of available folders, then type
cd foldername <ENTER>
where foldername is the name of a folder listed by the dir command,
to open that folder.
- Now type
batch erdnt.con <ENTER>
to restore the system registry from that folder.
- Type
exit <ENTER>
and remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive. The system will now reboot
with the restored registry.
--- End quote ---
Which as you see also recommends a bootable media in Emergency Scenario II.
In Emergency Scenario I he has a ms-dos exe to help with the restore. Where I won't have a dos exe but it does give me a good idea of having a restore bat file auto made for it :-)
Shane
Shane:
I will be adding a new feature to the program to auto make a restore bat file a user can run from the recovery console and it will be stored with each backup. :-)
This will make things simpler for normal users and will be included on what to do in the help file. :wink:
Shane
peterr:
I am sorry for taking up so much of your time. I hope you are not a hunt and peck typer like this 'ole bird.
I was reading about RegBak's recovery as well as ERUNT as I see what you mean; there is the "simple" recovery option but there is also the DOS involved option when you can't boot into the program.
I prejudged and will go to What the tech and just drop a polite little correction.
The beta program by definition needs trial and time. I guess i was abit anxious. I read all you sent but ingested about 80%.
Thank you again and i'll be around to see how it goes. Buenos suerte.
Peter
Shane:
Working on the dos restore bat file as we speak :-D
I didnt come up with the idea till your post.
So you just helped make the program better :wink:
Shane
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