Re: Recovery console won't run from CD

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From: Steve N. (me_at_here.now)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:51:13 GMT

DSL-Dave wrote:

> "Steve N." <me@here.now> wrote in message
> news:4x8md.4564$G36.1204@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>>buzz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I had a recent problem where the Windows XP recovery console wouldn't
>
> run
>
>>>from the original installation CD. The details:
>>>
>>>The computer is a Dell, which came with Windows XP Home installed. I
>>>upgraded this to Windows XP Pro, and had had no problems. After
>
> updating
>
>>>video drivers (ATI), the computer wouldn't reboot. None of the boot
>
> options
>
>>>(safe mode, last known good configuration, etc.) worked. I tried to do
>>>automatic recovery from either the XP Pro or Home CD's, neither
>
> recognized
>
>>>the partition on the hard drive. Recovery console wouldn't even start
>
> from
>
>>>the XP Pro CD. Recovery console would start from the XP Home CD, but
>
> would
>
>>>crash and reboot if asked to actually do something. The problem was
>
> resolved
>
>>>when I removed the hard disk and connected to another XP computer. This
>>>computer ran checkdisk on the bad drive, found and fixed problems. When
>
> put
>
>>>back in the original computer, the system booted up and ran OK.
>>>
>>>The question is, can anyone tell me why the recovery console wouldn't
>
> run
>
>>>from the XP CD? Running checkdisk from the recovery console would have
>>>solved my problems, but I couldn't run recovery console. Without the
>
> other
>
>>>XP computer, I would have been screwed.
>>>
>>>Any insights would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>Buzz Doyle
>>>
>>
>>Recovery Console has to be able to access the file system on the hard
>>drive and login to the the Windows installation there. The file system
>>errors on the drive were apparently preventing this.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>
>
> If the problem was with the hard drive, then why would it work on a
> different computer???
> Am I missing something???
>
> Dave
>
>

He didn't boot the drive with the FS errors in the other XP system, he
connected it as an additional drive and ran CHKDSK on it from that
installation of XP.

Steve

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