ARCHIVED: In Windows NT 4.0, how do I create an Emergency Repair Disk?

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Note: For security and support reasons, UITS recommends using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional, rather than NT Workstation 4.0, on Indiana University's network. Microsoft retired both mainstream and extended support for this version in June 2004, which means security updates are no longer being developed. For more information, see Microsoft's Windows Desktop Product Lifecycle Guidelines page at:

  http://support.microsoft.com/?LN=en-us&pr=lifecycle

If there is a problem with your Windows NT 4.0 workstation, you can use an Emergency Repair Disk to restore corrupted or missing Windows NT 4.0 configuration files to the condition they were in when the repair disk was made.

Note: Be sure to update the Emergency Repair Disk whenever you make changes to your Windows NT 4.0 system. Be sure to check the README file that came with any service packs you've installed on your system, in case there are important notices about making and using Emergency Repair Disks. Service packs often modify the Emergency Repair Disk in important ways.

To make a repair disk:

From the Start menu, select Programs, then Command Prompt.
In the Command Prompt window, enter:
```
  rdisk
```
In the Repair Disk Utility dialog box that appears, click Update Repair Info. This will update the Emergency Repair directory on your hard drive.
When the process is complete, it will ask if you'd like to create an Emergency Repair Disk. Click Yes. Insert a diskette into the floppy disk drive and click OK.

For further information about rdisk, consult Microsoft's knowledge base.

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