Planning a Reliable Configuration

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Maintaining Configuration and System Information

Hardware failures, power failures, and human errors can prevent Windows 2000 from starting successfully. Recovery is easier if you know the configuration of each computer and its history and if you back up critical system files when making changes to your Windows 2000 configuration.


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If you have a clustered system and a disaster occurs, you need to recreate your disk structures and signatures. Write down this information and store it safely. If this information is not recorded, it cannot be recovered.

You can also use the DumpConfig command-line utility (Dumpconfig.exe) to output a computer's disk and volume configuration information to the command-line window or to a text file. In the event of disk failure, you can use this information to restore disk, partition, and volume configurations. When the Disk Management snap-in is displayed, you can record your disk configuration by printing the display or saving it to a file.

It is strongly recommended that you create a technical reference library for all hardware and software documentation. This library can also include other documentation related to your computers that you want to have in a central location. Useful materials to include in this library include:

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