Emergency boot disk for Server 2k3?

Hi, all! I'm wondering if there are any MS or third party utilities for
creating emergency boot disks for production Server 2k3 machines? I've seen
some generic "boot me for a DOS prompt" kind of thing, but I'm interested in
generating a bootable volume (USB, CD, etc) for currently operational Server
2k3 machines...

Any thoughts? Thanks!
Jack

It depends on what you intend to do. Starting the recovery console gains you
access to limited commands and limited access to the file system.


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"Jack Black" wrote:
> Hi, all! I'm wondering if there are any MS or third party utilities for
> creating emergency boot disks for production Server 2k3 machines? I've
> seen some generic "boot me for a DOS prompt" kind of thing, but I'm
> interested in generating a bootable volume (USB, CD, etc) for currently
> operational Server 2k3 machines...
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks!
> Jack
>

There is no real boot disk. There are boot "helper" disks that contains
several of the system files but it still boots to the same partition on the
same hard drive as specificed in the Boot.ini file. The floppy is useless
if the HD is dead.

The closest thing to a true boot floppy is a DOS boot floppy with NTFSDOS
installed on the Floppy.

The free version of NTFSDOS is read-only.
The version you pay for is read-write.


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"Jack Black" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi, all! I'm wondering if there are any MS or third party utilities for
> creating emergency boot disks for production Server 2k3 machines? I've
> seen some generic "boot me for a DOS prompt" kind of thing, but I'm
> interested in generating a bootable volume (USB, CD, etc) for currently
> operational Server 2k3 machines...
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks!
> Jack
>

Jack Black wrote:
> Hi, all! I'm wondering if there are any MS or third party utilities
> for creating emergency boot disks for production Server 2k3 machines?
> I've seen some generic "boot me for a DOS prompt" kind of thing, but
> I'm interested in generating a bootable volume (USB, CD, etc) for
> currently operational Server 2k3 machines...
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks!
> Jack


Google "BartPe" but before downloading and using, read the relevant
licensing 'fine print'


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/kj