The main device on which your computer data is stored is a hard drive, or a hard drive. Ensuring the direct location of data on the hard drive depends on its structure of storing files or directories. Often, when a system crashes or interferes with its operation, files are damaged, without which some programs and applications will not work correctly or will not work at all. In this case, it is necessary to restore the file system, which is responsible for the correct operation as a whole.
No matter how much they say that windows xp and windows 2000 are pretty reliable and proven over the years, they are also prone to crashes. Of course, compared to previous versions of the OS, they are better. Data loss happens, but much less often. Along with a lost operating system, access to programs is lost. In order for the system to work again in the previous mode, you will need to restore the system files.
First you need to analyze the situation. If possible, find out why the failure occurred and what needs to be done. After clarifying the situation, you can proceed with the planned actions using special programs prepared in advance.
Often a system failure occurs when updating a device or drivers. The driver is the same program, and, as you know, programs can contain errors.
When the operating system boots, the most common failures are registry files, damage or complete deletion of important, if not the main, system files. This happens if:
- The installation of faulty or incompatible services, drivers, removal of the services necessary for the correct operation or their damage.
- System files were deleted.
- Hard disk crashed.
- Incorrect registry data was generated.
- The% systemroot% folder is restricted or the rights are set incorrectly.
File system recovery can be performed using standard tools included in the distribution of the operating system, as well as using third-party utilities. It will be about regular programs that do not require additional purchases or downloads.
For Windows 2000, you must have created a rescue disk. To do this, go to the "start" menu and then go along the chain: all programs, standard, utility programs, and go to data archiving. Click "disaster recovery disks." Next, following the instructions, insert the formatted blank diskette, and put a daw in the item with the inscription "archive the registry in the recovery folder." As a result, there will be three files on the diskette: config.nt, autoexec.nt, setup.log. The% systemroot% directory will already contain the Repair folder with copies of files that are backups in the registry.
For XP, you can use automatic recovery system (ASR). This is a more powerful tool, similar to ERD. What is this remedy good for? It makes it possible to use high-capacity media, for example, CD-R / RW, which allows you to create a copy of the entire operating system.
Now we begin the recovery of the Windows 2000 file system using the emergency recovery disk.
- Start of installation
- Correction of a damaged configuration;
- Exit unchanged.
First you need to fix the system. This can be done through disaster recovery and through the console. We fix it through disaster recovery in manual mode. So be calm, you are in control. Next, we set the operation mode. There are usually three of them:
- Analysis (important system files are checked and, if necessary, corrected).
- Checking system files (fixing files in the root directory)
- Check and analysis of the download sector.
Selecting the desired item, click the "continue" button. If you have two Windows 2000 systems, for example, the English and Russian versions, you must specify the Repair directory and apply the necessary emergency recovery disk.
Windows XP file system recovery is slightly different from Windows 2000.