Tag: system-recovery

Restore boot manager when it is missing or compressed

30 October 2007 by Snakefoot | 9 Comments » | Trackback Off
Windows Vista will fail to boot if it cannot find the files used to load the boot manager.

Windows Recovery Environment

30 October 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Windows Vista includes a Windows Preinstallation Environment, which allows easier and more advanced system recovery.

Preinstalled Environment for emergency recovery

25 September 2005 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Create a cd-rom-, dvd- or usb-drive which Windows can boot from.

Using Last Known Good Configuration

10 June 2004 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
The Last Known Good Configuration makes it possible to rollback to the previous good state of the system registry hive.

Using Recovery Console to restore registry files

10 June 2004 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
The Recovery Console allows one to restore the registry as part of system recovery.

Fix blue screen of death with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

16 August 2003 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
It is not a trivial task to install Windows NT on unsupported hardware or migrating an existing install to new hardware.

Installing Recovery Console in Windows NT

5 June 2001 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Recovery Console can be useful when performing system recovery.

Using the System File Checker in Windows 2000 / XP

26 January 2001 by Snakefoot | 1 Comment » | Trackback Off
System File Checker is able to verify that system files are intact.

Repair Internet Explorer when its acting weird

1 January 2001 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback Off
Possible steps for repairing Internet Explorer.