Emergency Repair Disk issues after installation of Service Pack 3.
John Savill
March 4, 1999
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A. Due to changes in Service Pack 3 the Emergency Repair Disk process has changed. The file setupdd.sys that is on the 2nd NT installation disk has been superseded by the one supplied with service pack 3. To extract the file from the Service Pack 3 executable, follow the instructions below:
Copy nt4sp3_i.exe to a temporary area
Uncompress the service pack
nt4sp3_i /xInsert the second NT installation disk (do not use the originals, create a new set using winnt32 /ox)
Set the file setupdd.sys to write enabled
attrib -r a:setupdd.sysCopy the new setupdd.sys to the 2nd installation disk
copy setupdd.sys a:
This is discussed in the Service Pack 3 readme file, and also in knowledge base article Q146887.
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