I haven't done this myself, but the gentleman who wrote me the note below is
a very competent workstation support person, and, as he says, he's done this
many times.  I'm probably going to get a lot arguments with this simple
process, but I trust the guy.  Good luck.

"I have often done this with Windows 95  and it has never failed.  I would
start with a fresh hard drive and install the exact same version of Windows
95 that will be restored.  I then install ADSM and perform a complete restore
while running 95.  After rebooting, you will get an error stating that the
registry is corrupt and will be prompted to overwrite the bad registry with a
backup copy.  Rebooting once again brings up a completely stable and
functional restoration. "




ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 08/20/99 02:37:00 PM
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Subject: Win95 bare metal restore

Does anyone have a well documented step by step bare metal restore
procedure for Win95 that does not require any pre-disaster preparation?  I
have looked at the Bare Metal redbook, but find it somewhat confusing.  I
have also done an extensive search thru the archives and have found some
skeleton descriptions of what appears to be a much clearer procedure (e.g.,
just overwrite windows with your restore).

Any help would be appreciated.

The redbook also mentions that it was to be revised, but I have not seen
the revision.

..Paul