Re: Windows XP Recovery

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:00:28 -0500

Once again, Yves is handing out half-truths.

The Recovery Console is NOT a DOS window in any way, shape, or form,
as DOS is not contained, in any way, shape or form in WinXP.

Further, the OP is probably not doing what they intend. Very few home
users have any need to use, or any inklin of how to use, the recovery
console. 99% of them enter it accidentally when they are attempting
to do a repair install and confuse it with the first "R" option. I
suspect that is the case here.

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:01:18 -0500, "Yves Leclerc"
<yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote:

>You have done everything correct! The Recovery console is a "specialized"
>DOS Windows where you can give a limited number of command-line commands in
>order to rebuild the Windows XP booting and filesystem(s). Search the
>Internet for the list of commands you can do.
>
>
>"Chaplain Doug" <ChaplainDoug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:A98F6B1E-AD4E-4650-ADE1-5A4EB01164A0@microsoft.com...
>> Windows XP SR2. My system will not boot and tells me to use the recovery
>> function of the installation disk. I boot from the CD and choose "R" to
>> go
>> to recovery console. I am asked which windows installation I want to log
>> into. There is only one (#1). I type "1" and then am asked for the
>> administrator password. After I enter the password my system just goes to
>> the prompt,
>>
>> C:\Windows
>>
>> And goes no further with the recovery. What should I do or what have I
>> missed? By the way, I am actually doing this by talking someone through
>> the
>> process over the phone, so although they are reading me the screens, I am
>> not
>> physically seeing the screen and therefore cannot attest that something
>> was
>> not missed. Thanks for any help.
>

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