Recovering a Windows Installation
7. Follow the prompts on the screen to repair the Windows files: | |
| • Press [Enter] to repair the specified file. |
| • Press [Esc] if you do not want to repair the specified file. |
8. | Reboot the computer. |
9. The operating system should now be functional. If the operating system is | |
| not functional, see “Recovering a Windows Installation” on page 60. |
| If the operating system appears to be functional: |
| • Verify that the network protocols are working properly by running |
| ping using the NetWorker server’s hostname. |
| • Verify that the |
| running nslookup using the NetWorker server’s fully qualified |
| domain name. |
| For more information about the ping and nslookup commands, refer to |
| the Microsoft documentation. |
10. If you are using a device that is not directly supported by Windows NT | |
| 4.0, you might need to reinstall the device driver software. For information |
4 | on device driver software, refer to the device manufacturer’s |
documentation. | |
This section explains how to recover all supported versions of the Windows operating system during disaster recovery of a NetWorker server, storage node, or client host computer. You can recover the Windows operating system to the original computer or to a different computer.
Note: For Windows .NET or Windows XP Professional systems, use the following procedure only as a last resort for recovering a Windows installation. Instead, use the ASR recovery method if possible. For more information, see “Performing Windows ASR Recovery” on page 53.
Recovery Requirements
| To recover the Windows operating system, you need to know the following |
| configuration details about the computer immediately prior to the disaster: |
| • Operating system version and any installed patches, service packs, or |
| option packs |
| • Path location of the operating system installation |
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