Can't restore xp from cmd line.

[Guest]

Another SP2 update disaster but that's not the question.

From the command console I should be able to activate Restore using the
RSTRUI command but the system says it can't find it. I have run CHKDSK /F
twice. The last time I loaded xp it ran CHKDSK right in the middle of the
load. Strange I thought? Well now I know the drive is going out. I just
want to get data off of it one more time.

Thanks

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Another SP2 update disaster but that's not the question.

From the command console I should be able to activate Restore using the
RSTRUI command but the system says it can't find it. I have run CHKDSK /F
twice. The last time I loaded xp it ran CHKDSK right in the middle of the
load. Strange I thought? Well now I know the drive is going out. I just
want to get data off of it one more time.

If you want to get the data off, install a new drive, set up the system,
and install the old drive as a secondary, perhaps on an external USB
connector for convenience. Then dredge the data off it.

This will keep you from install problems caused by drive degradation, and
will let you get to the data faster.

The easiest way to install SP2 is to slipstream it to a copy of your pre-SP2
XP CD. Google "slipstream XP" for instructions on this.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

try this

%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Log on to your computer with an administrator account or with an account
that has administrator credentials.
In Safe Mode type or paste the following command in the Start - Run box
then press Enter. The same should work in normal mode also.

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Does System Restore start?

 

[q_q_anonymous]

you mean DO A SYSTEM RESTORE

using the

"in the middle of the load"

you mean it ran chkdsk whilst booting windows. No, that is not strange
and it does not imply that the hard drive is going out.

Well now I know the drive is going out.
NO

I just

windows usually runs chkdsk when it doesn't shut down correctly. You
could try chkdsk /r (more thorough than /f and implies /f) see chkdsk
/?

you haven't indicated that you can't get the data off it. you haven't
tried to and you assume your drive is bad. chkdsk starting up doesn't
imply your drive is bad. (though it may well be bad). If chkdsk
reports problems, then that implies your drive is bad.