ERD Question

[muthabored]

Does an ERD have to be unique to the machine that it was created on? Can I use a W2K Pro ERD in any W2K Pro machine? TIA

 

[DestinysDream]

Yes

If anyone calls and says "I know a little something about computers" just tell them to reformat it.

 

[muthabored]

Yes I can use an ERD in on any W2K Pro CD or yes, it has to be unique to the PC that it was created on?

Thanks, DestinysDream

 

[DestinysDream]

You should be able to use it on any W2K machine.

If anyone calls and says "I know a little something about computers" just tell them to reformat it.

 

[bcastner]

If you have never run the create ERD process on the target machine, running ERD is of no benefit.

Because under Win2k (as opposed to NT) very little information is actually stored on the ERD disk itself, you likely can use another machine's ERD. But the ERD creation process creates backup of your registry hives in a special folder of your hard disk drive. If the ERD creation was never run, there is nothing for the ERD restore process to work with.