NTFS Errors on IDR recovery
I am currently running BENT 7.3 rev.2575 with the IDR module.
I have been testing the recovery procees on a Windows NT Server.
The problem I am experiencing is when I try to restore the system I would
like to restore the orginal drive partions and letters. I run into a problem
that states that IDR cannot restore to a NTFS drive and I have been unable
to restore the drives correctly without using the Disk Administrator to reassign
the drive letters the way I need them to be.
I thought that this version of software was written for NT, If so then why
all the problems with NTFS.
Please help
Marc
Re: NTFS Errors on IDR recovery
If I read your post correctly you setup an NTFS partition using the IDR setup.
I am also testing the IDR and ran into the same problem.
I created the 3 NT disks and the IDR disk for a test server using the IDR
wizard. Then at the test server I used these diskettes to do an express install
of Windows NT. It will detect if there is an NT partition or not. If there
is not it will create one for you and you will be asked if it should be Fat
or NTFS. If you select NTFS you will get the error you described later in
the recovery proceedure. If you select FAT and continue, NT will complete
the setup and reboot. It will reboot in recovery mode and you will be asked
for the IDR disk. Then you will get a screen that says your partition information
is not the same as what was retieved from the IDR disk. On the right hand
side of the screen is the partition information retrieved from the IDR disk.
You then have an opportunity to replace the partition information using this
information. If the initial partition you created was NTFS you will get the
message you talked about, if the initial partition is FAT you will be able
to replace the partition information by clicking next or OK or whatever it
is.
Hope this helps.
"Marc" <mbarrie@voicemobility.com> wrote:[color=blue]
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>I am currently running BENT 7.3 rev.2575 with the IDR module.
>I have been testing the recovery procees on a Windows NT Server.
>
>The problem I am experiencing is when I try to restore the system I would
>like to restore the orginal drive partions and letters. I run into a problem
>that states that IDR cannot restore to a NTFS drive and I have been unable
>to restore the drives correctly without using the Disk Administrator to[/color]
reassign[color=blue]
>the drive letters the way I need them to be.
>
>I thought that this version of software was written for NT, If so then why
>all the problems with NTFS.
>
>Please help
>Marc[/color]