Infamous "NTDETECT failed" Message

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Patrick Whittle

2010-01-27 01:09:10 UTC

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Our Windows 2003 Server hard drive must have a couple bad sectors. Without
a recovery CD, do you know how to recover?

Pegasus [MVP]

2010-01-27 07:16:31 UTC

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Post by Patrick Whittle
Our Windows 2003 Server hard drive must have a couple bad sectors.
Without a recovery CD, do you know how to recover?

Make yourself a Windows 7 Repair CD
(http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/), then boot
the machine with this CD. Now copy the hidden file c:\boot.ini to a floppy
disk or a flash disk (e.g. with "type E:\boot.ini > F:\). You can now do
this:
1. Format a floppy disk on some Windows 2000/XP/2003 machine.
2. Copy the hidden files c:\ntldr and ntdetect.com to the floppy disk.
3. Copy the above file boot.ini to the floppy disk.
4. Boot the server with this floppy disk. If it does not have a floppy disk
drive, burn a bootable CD from your floppy disk.

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard

2010-01-27 17:19:24 UTC

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Now copy the hidden file c:\boot.ini to a floppy disk or a flash
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The reason for using <code>TYPE</code> instead of just ordinary <code>COPY</code>,
by the way, is that the file has the hidden attribute.  The <code>COPY</code>
built-in to Microsoft's CMD won't copy such files.  If you are using a
different command interpreter, this is not an issue and you can use <code>COPY</code>. 
With 4NT and Take Command, for example, simply use the <code>/H</code>
option to <code>COPY</code> to tell it to include hidden and system
files, thus: <code>copy /h E:\boot.ini F:\</code>
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Pegasus [MVP]

2010-01-27 17:56:06 UTC

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Now copy the hidden file c:\boot.ini to a floppy disk or a flash disk (e.g.
with "type E:\boot.ini > F:\).
That should be type E:\boot.ini > F:\boot.ini, of course.

So it should - thanks for the correction.

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2010-04-02 20:13:02 UTC

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tom_willpa

2010-04-02 20:14:12 UTC

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Todd Vargo

2010-01-27 22:19:05 UTC

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Now copy the hidden file c:\boot.ini to a floppy disk or a flash disk

(e.g. with

"type E:\boot.ini > F:\).
That should be type E:\boot.ini > F:\boot.ini, of course.
The reason for using TYPE instead of just ordinary COPY, by the way, is

that the file

has the hidden attribute. The COPY built-in to Microsoft's CMD won't copy

such files.

If you are using a different command interpreter, this is not an issue

and you can use

COPY. With 4NT and Take Command, for example, simply use the /H option to

COPY to tell

it to include hidden and system files, thus: copy /h E:\boot.ini F:\

Type xcopy/? and observe the /H switch.

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tom_willpa

2010-04-02 20:14:13 UTC

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tom_willpa

2010-04-02 20:13:01 UTC

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tom_willpa

2010-04-02 20:13:04 UTC

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tom_willpa

2010-04-02 20:13:02 UTC

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