Re: Which Recovery Console Cmd

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:03:47 -0400

Hi,

You wouldn't need any of them, they would not correct this issue. Try a
repair installation, see:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"MicheleS" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2210101c45cab$d0eb48a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Could someone please help me determine which recovery
> console cmd to use and tell me why I would choose the
> command?  After I booted, I get the MS screen but no users
> come up to log on to; however I can still move my mouse
> pointer around.  Since I couldn't boot to safe mode, I
> booted to the XP installation disk and used the CHKDSK /r
> option, which said it fixed something but still couldn't
> boot to my hard drive.  How do I know if I should use
> BOOTCFG or FIXBOOT or FIXMBR or none of these commands?  I
> saw a lot of scarey stuff using the  FIXMBR  command on
> some news groups.  So I guess you only use this as a last
> resort?  I really don't want to loose anything on my hard
> drive.
> Thks, Michele

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