Hi,
I have a server which recently applied a batch of updates and it screwed it up, the server doesn't boot and the server recovery environment doesnt have as good repair tools as the client (like system restore for example).
Anyway, the server is a write-off i'll rebuild it, i tried loads of stuff.
I thought with the WIM file format that there was a way i could re-apply that WIM to the disk to restore my system in a non-destructive way (that is, to keep my user settings, configurations, and installed software), is this possible?
in the recovery environment i have used DISM to apply the image to the C drive, but it is now like a basic clean install of windows, it's not joined to the domain, it hasn't kept my local users (yet the profiles are still there under c:\users\), it hasn't kept the computer name or the applications installed (yet such application folders still exist in the c:\program files\ folder).
I am sure there was a way to do some sort of non-destructive repair, it's what some of the repair discs did for vista and windows 7 i am sure by utilizing the dism or imagex and WIM method, but i can't find out how to do that.
Anyone know?
Thanks
Steve