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Ev0s

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 16:51

You could also try the command Bootcfg /Rebuild from the recovery console


drax

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 15:56

Yeah get to the window recovery console, and I think just type, Fixboot, will ask you to continue and should re write the boot instructions for the operating system.

I had to do it a few weeks ago when I thought my PSU was about to explode, whilst windows was updating at shutdown and I pulled the power on the pc.

Fixboot saved my ass


ed

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 14:40

If you boot up Windows off of the CD and ask it to go into the recovery console when prompted you can use various commands to fix the boot partition on the disk. No idea exactly what you do because it's all command line stuff and I forgot all that crap years ago :(


SetH

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 14:36

cant do a system restore because my company does not use OS media, they are base built using an image from a radia server. Also cant get into the OS anyway, nevermind the fact system restore is disabled by group policy.

drax what do you mean by fixboot? do you think its something in the boot.ini?


Ev0s

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 14:04

Can you not just do a system restore?


pow

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 13:38

Downgrading from SP2 is a bastad... you really are better off starting again.. :(


drax

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 13:33

Most probably a fucked up boot now, can you not fixboot?


SetH

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 10:53

LMAO well rolled it back, and the laptop now blue screens, wont start in safe mode, last good known config or anything! rebuild time and one pissed of user.


Aaron

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 10:51

A very helpful reply there ^ :)


Dan Lewis

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 08:47

http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350


SetH

 posted on 12th Apr 07 at 08:46

reet have had a situation where an engineer has installed SP2 on a users machine who should have been excluded from the rollout due to sp2 causing a problem with a certain piece of software.

before i go wading in running the sp2 uninstall, any pitfalls i need to look out for? dont wanna screw his OS up and have to rebuild.