Can you create an ERD on a CD?

[John Smith]

My notebook came without a floppy drive. Since it can be set to boot from a
CD, is it possible to create an emergency repair disk on a CD instead of on
floppies?

 

[Dave Patrick]

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
%windir%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%windir%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation.

Even though the floppy creation fails the necessary files will be written
to;
%windir%\repair\RegBack
which can be used in the event a repair is needed.

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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| My notebook came without a floppy drive. Since it can be set to boot from
a
| CD, is it possible to create an emergency repair disk on a CD instead of
on
| floppies?
|
|

 

[John Smith]

Dave - so I could then copy those files onto a CD? Would it be bootable?

 

[Dave Patrick]

:
| Dave - so I could then copy those files onto a CD?
* Yes, absolutely.

Would it be bootable?
* No. The ERD floppy isn't bootable either. To start any repair process you
boot from The Windows 2000 install CD-Rom.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[John Smith]

Excellent. Thanks a lot!

 

[John Smith]

Oops... when I click the Emergency Repair Disk button on the Backup|Welcome
tab, I get "Backup Error: No floppy drive available. Operation aborted" and
left in the regular Backup tab.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can use regback.exe and regrest.exe from the resource kit to perform the
same function.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Oops... when I click the Emergency Repair Disk button on the
Backup|Welcome
| tab, I get "Backup Error: No floppy drive available. Operation aborted"
and
| left in the regular Backup tab.