Windows NT Resource Kit Repair Utility Error

• Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you run REPAIR /C to create a new Emergency Repair Disk, the utility starts copying files to disks and may successfully create one or more disks. At some point in the process, it starts prompting for new disks, reading them for a few seconds without putting any files on the disk and then asking for another disk. This continues as long as you insert new disks.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when a file that is too large for the floppy disk in use is put into the repair directory when you run REPAIR /S or REPAIR /S /X. The file in question could be one of your registry hives that has grown large or any file that has been placed in the %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32 subdirectory since the original Emergency Repair Disk was created.

RESOLUTION

Currently, the only way to work around this problem is to locate the file in the REPAIR directory that is too large and delete if from the directory before running REPAIR /C. However, this solution does not work if the file in question is one of the registry hives.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.