It's worked perfectly for me in around 10 cases out of 10 tries
> From: Chris Freemesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:17:27 -0500
> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: NT Restore from a Mac
>
>> I saw it posted here a while back.
>>
>> Does anyone have the procedure for a complete NT restore from Retrospect
>> Mac?
>>
>> --
>> Nick Scalise
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Here's what you need to do:
>
> 1) Format the PC's hard drive
> 2) Install a fresh copy of NT to a temporary directory (like C:\WINTEMP)
> 3) Install the Retrospect Client software to your temporary directory
> 4) Activate the client software from your backup server
> 5) Restore the contents of the hard drive back to the PC. Be sure to
> do a "Restore entire disk", and tell it to overwrite existing files.
> Do NOT reboot when done.
> 6) Use the Registry Backup Manager from your TEMPORARY Windows
> install to restore the Registry. Set the destination to be the
> RESTORED Windows NT folder.
>
> In theory, the backup will restore the computer to the way it was
> before, and upon reboot, the system will boot from the restored
> Windows directory. In that case, you can delete the temporary
> Windows installation.
>
> I'll also add that I've never been able to get this to work with NT.
> I fault NT for this, not Retrospect. Seems that if you don't have
> one of those idiotic Windows NT information disks you're supposed to
> make from time to time, the restored NT can't be made to boot.
>
> Chris
>
>
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