Thanks. This is for a client computer.

I need to run a scnanreg \restore command with a boot disk and have not dealt with NT4 as of net, what boot disk will work with it, 95, 98, me, XP, NT?

Thanks a bunch

On the NT4 CD is a file call WINNT.EXE if you execute that it will make a set of three Diskettes which you can use to start the setup process and within that is command line repair options.

Actually the CD is bootable and will do the same as the diskettes.

Try not to use DOS based boot floppy W9x/ME as there is no DOS in the NT family, and actually NT works differently to DOS based O/Ses.

Not to mention that there is no SCANREG command for NT4. That is what the ERD - Emergency Repair Disk - is for. IF a current one is available (or was even made via the "rdisk -s" command in a run box). If the registry is small enough, it fits on the ERD. One of the four choices you are presented with during the repair procedure is to repair the registry - by copying parts of the ERD registry to the HDD registry. From pages 706-707 in the NT Resource Kit book:

[x] Inspect Registry files

This would bring up

[ ] SYSTEM (System Configuration)
[ ] SOFTWARE (Software Information)
[ ] DEFAULT (Default User Profile)
[ ] NTUSER.DAT (New User Profile)
[ ] SECURITY (Security Policy) and
SAM (User Account Database)

For a user machine, it is usually alot quicker to format and re-install the OS.

the command winnt /ox will just make the disks for you. Only run chkdsk /f on the nt drive to you will toast the system.

Thanks everyone.

Wanderer, explain your last sentence, curious as to command but not clear, thanks.

chkdsk is the disk check utility in NT. It has existed long before scandisk in older versions of dos and windows. The /f is like scandisk through. It will check the platters for physical errors.

If you use any other OS based utility to check NTs disks you will corrupt the master file table. For example if you have a fat16 nt partition and run scandisk on it. The results can be an inaccessable drive to NT.

Thanks. Need to do some reading on NT B4 install.

I believe the 'f' switch is the 'fix' switch. Running 'chkdsk' without the 'f' switch checks the drive for errors, but doesn't fix them. using /f causes chkdsk to fix the errors it discovers.