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From: JohnB on 1 Apr 2010 11:49 Windows SBS 2003. Server crashed and now has the message "Missing or Corrupt Config.sys". To fix this, is it just a matter of using the Recovery Console and copying Config.sys from the original CD? Thanks.
From: Mark on 1 Apr 2010 13:33 John, On most of the SBS 2003 installs that config.sys is just a text file from a long ago era called DOS. You can create an empty config.sys file by using these commands. 1) Open a Command Window by clicking on the Start Button and then click run. 2) Now type cmd and click ok. 3) When the command window comes up type CD\ to get you to the root of the drive. Make sure it is your boot drive! 4) Once you are at the C:\ prompt or whatever your boot drive is then type this command 5) copy con config.sys and then hit enter. 6) Now just press the Function Key F6 the ^z will appear. Now hit enter. It will tell you that one file has been copied. Verify that the file config.sys is now there and you should be good to go! "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eoRzpLb0KHA.3652(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Windows SBS 2003. Server crashed and now has the message "Missing or > Corrupt Config.sys". > To fix this, is it just a matter of using the Recovery Console and copying > Config.sys from the original CD? > > Thanks. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4993 (20100401) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4993 (20100401) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
From: JohnB on 1 Apr 2010 13:43 The server is not bootable. It gets this message at startup, before loading Windows. "Mark" <mlasky(a)grba.com> wrote in message news:uf6jlFc0KHA.776(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > John, > > On most of the SBS 2003 installs that config.sys is just a text file from > a long ago era called DOS. You can create an empty config.sys file by > using these commands. > > 1) Open a Command Window by clicking on the Start Button and then click > run. > 2) Now type cmd and click ok. > 3) When the command window comes up type CD\ to get you to the root of the > drive. Make sure it is your boot drive! > 4) Once you are at the C:\ prompt or whatever your boot drive is then type > this command > 5) copy con config.sys and then hit enter. > 6) Now just press the Function Key F6 the ^z will appear. Now hit enter. > It will tell you that one file has been copied. Verify that the file > config.sys is now there and you should be good to go! > > > "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:eoRzpLb0KHA.3652(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Windows SBS 2003. Server crashed and now has the message "Missing or >> Corrupt Config.sys". >> To fix this, is it just a matter of using the Recovery Console and >> copying Config.sys from the original CD? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4993 (20100401) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4993 (20100401) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] on 1 Apr 2010 15:31 which suggests config.sys has been either corrupted or plagued (virus). BartPE, find and destroy(or rename config.old). "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23sEPdLc0KHA.6104(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > The server is not bootable. It gets this message at startup, before > loading Windows. > > > "Mark" <mlasky(a)grba.com> wrote in message > news:uf6jlFc0KHA.776(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> John, >> >> On most of the SBS 2003 installs that config.sys is just a text file from >> a long ago era called DOS. You can create an empty config.sys file by >> using these commands. >> >> 1) Open a Command Window by clicking on the Start Button and then click >> run. >> 2) Now type cmd and click ok. >> 3) When the command window comes up type CD\ to get you to the root of >> the drive. Make sure it is your boot drive! >> 4) Once you are at the C:\ prompt or whatever your boot drive is then >> type this command >> 5) copy con config.sys and then hit enter. >> 6) Now just press the Function Key F6 the ^z will appear. Now hit enter. >> It will tell you that one file has been copied. Verify that the file >> config.sys is now there and you should be good to go! >> >> >> "JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:eoRzpLb0KHA.3652(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Windows SBS 2003. Server crashed and now has the message "Missing or >>> Corrupt Config.sys". >>> To fix this, is it just a matter of using the Recovery Console and >>> copying Config.sys from the original CD? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 4993 (20100401) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4993 (20100401) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> > >
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 1 Apr 2010 17:03
"JohnB" <jbrigan(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eoRzpLb0KHA.3652(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Windows SBS 2003. Server crashed and now has the message "Missing or > Corrupt Config.sys". > To fix this, is it just a matter of using the Recovery Console and copying > Config.sys from the original CD? > > Thanks. Or is it perhaps a case of having a DOS boot diskette or CD in a drive? |