Microsoft KB Archive/143171

= HOWTO: Unattended Setup Does Not Offer Option for ERD =

Article ID: 143171

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q143171





SUMMARY
When you perform an Unattended Setup of Windows NT 4.0, you are not given the option either during or after Setup, to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD). Use one of the following methods to create an Emergency Repair Disk:

Method 1: Have an ERD Created After Setup
To have an Emergency Repair Disk created after Setup is complete, use these steps:

  Set up the following files in $oem$\d\temp:

Rdisk.ini: \Registry\Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \RunOnce Run-Rdisk = rdisk.exe /s

R-rdisk.bat: D:\Temp\Regini D:\Temp\Rdisk.ini del D:\Temp\Regini.exe del D:\Temp\Rdisk.ini del D:\Temp\R-Rdisk.bat

The Regini.exe file is from the Resource Kit.  Add the following line to Cmdlines.txt:

cmd /c d:\temp\r-rdisk.bat

Substitute drive D: with the drive where you install Windows NT.

NOTE: This option causes a console window to appear during the GUI-mode of Setup when the batch file is run. After your computer reboots, another Saving Configuration message appears.

Method 2: Create a Shortcut
Add a shortcut to the desktop of the default user which starts "rdisk /s" (without the quotation marks.)

Method 3: Create a Login Script
Create a login script for your users that runs "rdisk /s" (without the quotation marks) on a regular basis. This reminds users to keep their Emergency Repair Disk current.

NOTE: An Emergency Repair Disk becomes increasingly more important as you make changes to the system. The ERD created can, in most cases, be duplicated by repeating Setup. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt Unattended Setup Install

Keywords: kbhowto kbsbk kbsetup KB143171

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