Here is the system Info:
Compaq AP550 , old workstation with NT
Has compaq 9.1 GB SCSI hard drive with NT on it
Maxtor 120 GB with Data and SQL server
What I DID ( stupid MEE!!) : I was trying to trouble shoot the DLT 40/80 GB
tape machine that was attached to this workstation. I went into services and
changed the mode for the 9.1 GB SCSI hard disk driver from BOOT to SYSTEM.
And when I restarted, Got the Blue screen of death. saying Boot disk
inaccesible. After couple of more times, now I just get the cursor blinking.
In BIOS the 9.1GB SCSI disk shows up and I was able to see it and test it.
Same thing with Compaq Diagnostics. It can see it and everything is okay.
THe only problem is that When NT boots, this SCSI disk driver should load,
but since I changed it from BOOT to SYSTEM, its not loading. and no boot is
happeninng.
Here is what I want: I could care less about NT and this box because we
bought a new server Dell 2650 and are planning to move everything there.
HOwever because of the scrrew up with the tape machine, we dont have a
current copy of the Databases on the other Maxtor 120GB drive.
1) Is there a way to fix NT to boot up again, and make everything work
magically? This would be the best solution, but I am willing to let go of
this option if I can have my databases backed up in any other way.
2) My main concern is to make sure the data on the other drive is Safe. Can I
put that as a slave in another machine running say 2003 with SQL server on
it. Can the SQL server back up the data from the slave drive?
3) I have an extra hard drive that I want to have the SQL server back up the
databases onto the new hard drive.
Please help. I would really really appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Kode