Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt windows\system
Ok, I have an older Windows 2003 server that was caught in a power outage and now won't boot. It is just a member server and holds mainly a SQL database for Dynamics GP (I do have backups, but I would like to make a go of not having to restore it).
I have the windows cd that I can boot from, but the cd doesn't have drivers for my RAID card. When I push f6, it wan'ts a floppy (which the system does not have). I do have a USB floppy, and before I go out and actually buy floppies, will this work as the "A" drive?
Then I pretty much want to boot in the windows cd, press f6, load my driver, then run the normal steps off the Recovery console to recover my system hive.
Any one try this before or is there a better way to do this?
dell SC 1430
I have the windows cd that I can boot from, but the cd doesn't have drivers for my RAID card. When I push f6, it wan'ts a floppy (which the system does not have). I do have a USB floppy, and before I go out and actually buy floppies, will this work as the "A" drive?
Then I pretty much want to boot in the windows cd, press f6, load my driver, then run the normal steps off the Recovery console to recover my system hive.
Any one try this before or is there a better way to do this?
dell SC 1430
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Thanx -- if you are an old-timer like me, you probably have a bunch of those old AOL 100-hour floppies in the attic; or if you are really old like me, you can show your kids an 8" floppy and watch them tell you it is fake, no such thing.
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As a side note, I had called around to local Staples, Best buys, Office Max, mom and pop computer stores, no one had floppy media. I looked all over, nothing. Then as a hail mary, remembering the comment on the grocer, I looked there and nothing, but the local Rite-Aid had them. I had a bunch, but never used them in 5 or more years, and tossed them out last spring... So dlethe gets the majority of the points...