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| johndavies 2001-10-01, 2:35 pm |
| Does anyone know how to create a boot disk that allows you to boot up and have access to NTFS partitions.
I know you can purchase a product from WinInternals, but I don't think you should have to pay $200 for a boot disk. | |
| Kasor 2001-10-01, 10:25 pm |
| Goto Win NT or 2000, and creat a book disk!!! | |
| gammann 2001-10-01, 10:35 pm |
| Is your NT install screwed? i.e. NT won't completely come up with a bootdisk?
If you just need a boot disk, like Kasor says, go to a working NT or 2k machine and make one. Or if you have the NT or 2k cds, you can make them from that.
If the NT install is screwed, and you just want access to the NTFS partitions to copy data off, you can stick the drive in another NT or 2k machine. | |
| johndavies 2001-10-02, 9:30 am |
| I'm using WinNT4. In Win9x you can create a boot disk from control panes/add remove programs. That feature is not available in WinNT.
I need a boot disk that can access the NTFS file system, not just point to the system directory. So a disk containing just NTLDR, NTDETECT and BOOT.INI won't do the trick.
You guys are saying to create a boot disk from within WinNT....HOW?????
I don't think it can be done from within the OS.
I want to make a boot disk, not slave my drive into another PC. | |
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Originally posted by johndavies
Does anyone know how to create a boot disk that allows you to boot up and have access to NTFS partitions.
I know you can purchase a product from WinInternals, but I don't think you should have to pay $200 for a boot disk.
If I'm understanding what you'd would like to do I'm pretty sure that you are out of luck without the use of a third party utility like NTFSDOS from WinInternals.
I'm assuming you want more than "Read Only" access to the NTFS partition because you do know there is a free downloadable version of NTFSDOS from WinInternals but it only gives you "Read Only" access to the NTFS partition.
I'll keep poking around a bit to see if I can come up with anything else.
Can I ask why you need to access the NTFS partition via a bootdisk? I'm just curious.
Thanks | |
| TW2001 2001-10-02, 11:23 pm |
| Try this....
"If you're running Windows 9x
How you create the boot disk depends on whether you have access to a Windows 2000 system. The method described in this section uses the Windows NT Setup disk and can be performed on a Windows 9x or even DOS system. In the next section, you'll learn how to create a boot disk under Windows 2000.
Make a copy of Windows NT Setup Disk 1 using the DISKCOPY command from a DOS session under Windows 9x (or DOS). Delete all the files from the disk after you create it.
Copy the Ntdetect.com and NTLDR files from the i386 folder on the Windows 2000 CD to the disk you created in step 1.
Rename the NTLDR file to Setupldr.bin.
Create a Boot.ini file on the new disk. The following example assumes a single-partition SCSI drive with Windows 2000 installed under \WINNT:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
Default= scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partitio
n(1)\winnt
[operating systems]
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partitio
n(1)\winnt="Windows 2000"
Replace the scsi(0) with multi(0) if your computer boots from an IDE, EIDE, or ESDI hard drive.
If the Boot.ini file uses scsi(n) instead of multi(n), copy the device driver for the computer's SCSI controller from the Windows 2000 CD to the floppy. Rename the driver on the floppy to Ntbootdd.sys. This step isn't required if the Boot.ini file uses multi(0).
Restart the system using the floppy.
If you’re running Windows 2000
Here's how to create the boot diskette using Windows 2000:
Format a floppy disk in Windows 2000.
Copy NTLDR from the Windows 2000 CD, Windows 2000 Setup disk, or another computer running Windows 2000 Professional. You can use the command EXPAND NTLDR._ NTLDR to expand the file from the CD if necessary.
Copy Ntdetect.com to the diskette.
Create a Boot.ini file or copy one from another Windows 2000 computer, and then change it to match your system. The following example assumes a single-partition SCSI drive with Windows 2000 installed under \WINNT:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
Default= scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partitio
n(1)\winnt
[operating systems]
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partitio
n(1)\winnt="Windows 2000"
Replace the scsi(0) with multi(0) if your computer boots from an IDE, EIDE, or ESDI hard drive.
If the Boot.ini file uses scsi(n) instead of multi(n), copy the device driver for the computer's SCSI controller from the Windows 2000 CD to the floppy. Rename the driver on the floppy to Ntbootdd.sys. This step isn't required if the Boot.ini file uses multi(0).
Restart the system using the floppy."
Of course modify this to your specifications...It works! | |
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| There is one other thing you could do to try and access your NTFS partition.
If you have a Windows 2000 CD and a system that can bootup from the CD-Rom drive, you could bootup, and select 'R' during setup to trigger a Repair and then access the Recovery Console Option. This will dump you to a command prompt and you can access the NTFS partition this way. This also works with NT4.0 systems. | |
| Mike_Mc 2001-10-22, 10:34 pm |
| I have it if you want it |
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