Comments on: Restoring a PC using the Windows Home Server (WHS) Restore CD

By: Krish

Krish — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:23:49 +0000

I found a restore CD on a website (www.breakinghomeserver.com)that had all the drivers on it. But its good to know why things did not work and for next time I know -especially the bit about the 64-bit drivers (Yeah! Yeah! I know MSFT did warn me in their brief). And the notepad trick is quite convenient. So, Cheers mate!

By: Dina

Dina — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:19:32 +0000

One million thank-yous! Two million, even! I worked on it for 2 hours before I found this post, and once I tried your “View Source” and “right-click” hack, hubby’s computer was on its way to restored heaven. Now, if he would only learn not to click “yes” every time a website asks him to download something…

By: John

John — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:19:04 +0000

Great worked really well once you have access to cmd.exe you can try a ipconfig to check network settings and check dns resolution. Just installed my nic driver this way, copies it to a usb stick, ran as administrator after finding it using open in notepad.

By: roneous

roneous — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:40:39 +0000

Thanks for passing along the view source/file open hack! This is the only way I could get my nic to work for the restore process. I did a few tests when I first got the home server and never got it to work — now that I lost my drive I was really motivated to find the solution. Thank you!