Windows2000 ghost restore

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Brett Tiplitz

I restored my windows 2000 server from a ghost image.
However, I can not log into the machine (as
administrator). It log's me in, and then right out. In
safe mode, it complains about the swap file being
something or other and advises a fix, but then logs me
out without the chance to fix it. I also tried to run
the repair from windows 2000 server, but it say's there
is no disk in system. I can boot the system on the disk
over and over again.

Any suggestions,

thanks.
 
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Oli Restorick [MVP]

This is caused by the location for the swap file being unavailable. Rather
than finding a volume with enough free space to create a small temporary
swapfile to allow you to fix the problem, it just logs you out again.

Luckily, you can fix it.

Boot the server to the login screen and leave it. Go to a workstation and
fire up regedit on XP or regedt32 on previous OSes. Use the "connect
network registry" option to edit the registry of the remote server (you'll
need admin rights or a username/password).

Find the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory
Management

Edit the value called "PagingFiles" to reflact a valid disk location, or
insert a new row in the REG_MULTI_SZ data.

Hope this helps

Oli
 
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Brett Tiplitz

I tried connecting to the computer, but it say's I do not
have rights to administer the computer. (It's a new
computer and only has an administrator password.

If I can get into the disk, can this be fixed? Or any
other possibilities. The disk is on a HP DL360 computer,
so I can not mount the disk anywhere and read this. It's
rather a feature I could do without.

Thanks,

brett
 
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Oli Restorick [MVP]

I don't know if the server that you're restoring is a member server or
domain controller for which you have another server. If so, it should be
easy.

If not, change the password for the administrator account on the workstation
where you're running regedit/regedt32 to match the password for the same
account on the server and it should let you connect.

Oli
 
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Brett Tiplitz

I tried this step and it did work. I still get the
message when I log into the system in safe mode about a
swap file error and can not log into the system. I
changed the registry key to say nothing which is what
seems to happen when the system has not swap file.

I guess the swap file is not the problem. I am quite
baffled, tried the repair (not replacing files) and I
guess I will now try replacing files in repair.

Brett
 
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Oli Restorick [MVP]

You need to edit the registry value so that it points to a drive that is
available. The numbers here indicate the sizes (e.g. min, max, etc) of the
swapfile. You will not be able to log in without getting that right.

Oli
 

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