Regardless, you can either start pulling together CDs to reinstall your system, or you can give the Recovery Console a shot at fixing the problem first. Here's how it works. The Recovery Console, first introduced in Windows , lets you access volumes on your system that are inaccessible even from Safe Mode. You can use the Recovery Console to write a new boot sector to your active partition, repair the Master Boot Record, copy files, and more.
A complete list of commands available with the Recovery Console is presented later in this article. There are a couple of ways to use the Recovery Console. First, you can proactively install the Recovery Console right to your hard drive as a boot option, or you can run it directly from the Windows XP installation CD. I'll go over both methods in this article. From a command prompt, change to the I directory and execute the winnt Here's an overview of the commands to use, in case you want to cut and paste them to your own system:.
If you're running Windows XP SP2 on your system, you may receive the message "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD".
Follow the steps below to accomplish this:. During the installation process, winnt The next time you boot your system, you'll have an additional option to use, as shown below in Figure D.
When you're done, you can boot to the Recovery Console. If you chose this option rather than booting the Recovery Console from the XP CD, skip to the section later in this article entitled "Recovery using the Recovery Console". The Recovery Console asks you a couple of questions, the first of which is to identify the Windows installation you would like to manage. The Recovery Console is able to manage any Windows installation on your system, so you dual-booters of Windows, anyway , are in luck.
To help prevent unauthorized use of the Recovery Console, you need to provide a valid Administrator password. I'm caught in a loop and can't enter the Windows interface. Can I use the recovery console to remove this scheduled task of starting in safe mode?
I'm not very confident using the recovery console. Much obliged for any hints you can throw my way! Posted by: ashish 28 Jul Posted by: Bernard J 05 Aug Integrating a service pack is not supported in Windows Media Center Edition. Posted by: Jake W 22 Nov At the time the person who installed my xp pro which now is with sp2 only give me a 5 number key.
Posted by: danquah philip 10 Mar Posted by: jes 25 Jun Posted by: Doug 23 Aug Hi Bob, hopefully you are still checking this site, I have tried doing everything you said on using my recovery cd for the recovery console but it just won't come up at all.
It keeps going to the partition part of the hard drive. What sled can I do? If you've already done that, and it's still booting from the hard drive, then I'd guess the CD is damaged or defective. Posted by: Phillip A. Nava 12 Dec I read on the internet for solutions and I find out that run the reboot console.
So do all things necessary to get to that screen, but a can't get pass the admin. I know I never set one. I even looked at the set up screen to make sure. I totally stumped. I know if could get past that screen I could run "chsdk" and fix my computer. Please help me out. Posted by: burgalez 28 Jun There's more reader feedback See all 40 comments for this article. Comments of a political nature are discouraged. Please limit your remarks to paragraphs.
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If you want to ask a question click here. Need tech support? Using the Windows Recovery Console Sometimes viruses, spyware or random cosmic rays will attack your computer, leaving you unable to even start Windows. You can also add or delete partitions, but this is the stuff of wizardry. Install the Recovery Console on Your Hard Drive As we discussed earlier, you can start the Recovery Console from your Windows XP Setup disk, but you may find it more convenient to install on your hard drive and have it available as startup option.
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