ADSM-L

Bad/missing Display_driver.dll after NT Bare Metal Restore?

1999-05-19 09:45:00
Subject: Bad/missing Display_driver.dll after NT Bare Metal Restore?
From: Eric LEWIS <eric.lewis AT CCMAIL.ADP.WISC DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Date: 19 May 1999 9:45
>     Hi:  We restored a complete drive C: to another (larger) harddrive
>     mounted as drive E:, both NTFS filesystems.  Copied the boot.ini,
>     ntldr and ntdetect.com files, copied the registry files from adsm.sys,
>     switched the drives so E: becomes C: and tried to boot.  The initial
>     NT boot menu showed, then came the normal blue screen that shows
>     during the boot then this message:
>
>     Corrupted or missing display_driver.dll ... and the boot stops.
>
>     We don't see this file on either hard drive.  Can anyone offer a clue?
>
>     The original drive still boots fine (tho it only has 50 MB of free
>     space left).
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     Eric Lewis UW-Madison
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