How to use Windows Xp recovery console
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How to use Windows Xp recovery console
Introduction: this guide will help you to use and manage “Windows Xp recovery console”.
1.] Boot your computer with Microsoft Windows XP CD.
Notes: If you don’t have a copy of “Microsoft Windows XP CD”, or if the computer you are working on does not have a CD drive, you can boot from a set of Windows XP Bootable disks. You can download a copy from this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/en-us
2.] When the system boots, you will be presented with a screen that gives you three choices…
a.] To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
b.] To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
c.] To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
Notes: Press the [R] button on your keyboard to start the Recovery Console.
3.] The next prompt will ask you which Windows installation you want to recover:
- Microsoft Windows(R) Recovery Console
The Recovery Console provides system repair and recovery functionality.
Type: EXIT to quit the ‘Recovery Console’ and restart the computer.
1: C:\WINDOWS
Which Windows Installation would you like to log on to
[To cancel, press ENTER]?
Recovery Console Commands.
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Notes: Once you are in the Recovery Console, you have a number of commands available to utilize and repair the system.
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Attrib | Changes the attributes of a file or directory |
| Batch | Executes the commands specified in the text file |
| Bootcfg | Boot file (boot.ini) configuration and recovery |
| CD / ChDir | Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory |
| Chkdsk | Checks a disk and displays a status report |
| Cls | Clears the screen |
| Copy | Copies a single file to another location |
| Del / Delete | Deletes one or more files |
| Dir | Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory |
| Disable | Disables a system service or a device driver |
| Diskpart | Manages partitions on your hard drives |
| Enable | Starts or enables a system service or a device driver |
| Exit | Exits the Recovery Console and restarts your computer |
| Expand | Extracts a file from a compressed file |
| Fixboot | Writes a new partition boot sector onto the specified partition |
| Fixmbr | Repairs the master boot record of the specified disk |
| Format | Formats a disk |
| Help | Displays a list of the commands you can use in the Recovery Console |
| Listsvc | Lists the services and drivers available on the computer |
| Logon | Logs on to a Windows installation |
| Map | Displays the drive letter mappings |
| MD / Mkdir | Creates a directory |
| More | Displays a text file |
| Net Use | Connects a network share to a drive letter |
| Ren / Rename | Renames a single file |
| RD / Rmdir | Deletes a directory |
| Set | Displays and sets environment variables |
| Systemroot | Sets the current directory to the systemroot directory |
| Type | Displays a text file. |
Tips#1: you can also install windows the Recovery Console.
This is useful if you don’t want to use your windows xp cd-rom…
1.] Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2.] Click Start >> Run.
3.] In the Open box, just type this in or copy it if you wish…
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d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
Notes: letter‘d’ is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
For ‘Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, please use this command…
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d:\amd64\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
4.] A Windows Setup Dialog Box appears.
The Windows Setup Dialog Box describes the Recovery Console option. To confirm the installation, click Yes.
5.] Restart the computer. The next time that you start your computer, “Microsoft Windows Recovery Console” appears on the startup menu.
Notes: You might get this error when you’re trying to install “Microsoft Recovery Console”
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Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD.
Tips#2: CHKDSK
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Command: chkdsk drive /p /r
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The chkdsk command checks the specified drive and repairs or recovers the drive if the drive requires it.
The command also marks any bad sectors and it recovers readable information.
Notes: you can use the following options…
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/p = does an exhaustive check of the drive and corrects any errors.
/r = locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.
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