SYS:SYSTEM directory deleted/overwritten

I have bumped into a Netware 6.5 SP3 server where apparently the SYS:SYSTEM folder has been overwritten by user data or has had files deleted from it.
The server boots, but it can't load several files / AUTOEXEC.NCF and eyeballing the SYSTEM directory I can tell that someone tried deleting the directory and copying things into it, because all the loaded NLMs look to have been spared, everything else disappeared outright.
My question is this, other than a full reinstall is there a way I can load the Netware media and run a repair to replace the missing files? I'm guessing no because the AUTOEXEC.NCF is gone.
I tried re-applying the service pack but it yelled at me stating it couldn't load BINDERY.NLM.
And no, there are no backups. Pretty ugly all around.
Thanks for looking at this.
Jake

J4k3,
> tried re-applying the service pack but it yelled at me stating it
> couldn't load BINDERY.NLM.
>
> And no, there are no backups. Pretty ugly all around.
Have a peek in the knowledgebase for "down server upgrade". Preferably
using the SP8 overlay CDs
- Anders Gustafsson (NKP)
The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)
Novell has a new enhancement request system,
or what is now known as the requirement portal.
If customers would like to give input in the upcoming
releases of Novell products then they should go to
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