Modifying Setup.log to Expedite File Repair

ID: Q161565

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

Occasionally it may be necessary to use the emergency repair disk (ERD) to repair a single system file that is known to be bad, or to skip a single file while repairing all others. Unfortunately, if the affected file is not near the top of the list in the Setup.log file, it may take considerable time to click through each of the files until the correct file appears. This article outlines a procedure to work around this issue.

WORKAROUND

To repair a single bad file or to skip a file while repairing all others, complete the following steps:

Remove the attributes from the Setup.log file by typing the following at the command line:

attrib -r -h -s a:\Setup.log

Copy the Setup.log file from the floppy to a second computer.

Use a text editor such as Notepad to modify Setup.log.

From the Search pull-down menu, use the Find command to locate the desired file.

Select the entire line that the file is in, delete the line with the Cut command, then Paste it at the top of list, immediately under the heading:
```
   [Files.WinNT] 
```

Save the modified Setup.log file back to the floppy disk, maintaining the original on the second computer so it can be restored if needed.

Run the ERD. The first file that will appear is NTLDR. You may either skip (press ESC) or select repair of this file, as desired.

The next file to appear will be the file that you moved to the top of the list. If this is the only file that must be repaired, select the replace option (press ENTER) and then select F3 to exit the repair process. The desired file will be repaired leaving all others untouched.

If this file is to be skipped and all other files repaired, skip the File (press ESC) and then select repair all (press A) to perform repair Of all remaining files.

Additional query words: prodnt erd

Keywords : kbtool ntconfig NTSrvWkst ntutil
Version : 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : winnt
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