Domain controller has died :(

[ommah]

Ok, my windows 2000 AD box has died

I have a shared folder on there which up to 5 people use, I want to copy this folder to a temporary box so they can still access the files whilst I rebuild the DC.

I am currently logged into the Active Directory recovery console - but I cannot copy the files to my backup machine!

every time I try to copy the data it says

"cannot copy - access denied,
make sure that the disk is not full, or write protected, and that the file is currently not in use"

well my disk isnt full, I have full permissions to write to the destination directory, so I think there are still files in use. SO, how do I 'close' all these files?

I just want to close all open files so I can begin rebuilding

any ideas?

 

[Tricky100]

You can manage the machine and then go to shares/open files and disconnect them
Or unshare the folder so it disconnects all the users

 

[buddafish]

the recovery console will allow you to copy files IN from floppy, but i don't think it will allow you to backup or copy out...

 

[itsp1965]

Have you tried running a network boot disk and loading ntfsdospro (from Sysinternals). That way you should be able to mount the NTFS volume and copy the files to another avail machine. Or you can "ghost" the machine and extract the files from the ghost image.

 

[ommah]

the recovery console will allow you to copy files IN from floppy, but i don't think it will allow you to backup or copy out..."

I can copy across the network via the recovery console without a problem (with a file I just made) - I did what you said tricky, and also followed this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290585

which is a dos command to close all open files. I now get access denied on some files, so I need to reset all the permissions. I have 'taken owernship' of the files but still get a 'access denied' on certain files/folders when I try to copy

anyone know how to reset all file permissions for a folder and all its child objects so that they all belong to me, the administrator account?