Re: XP PRO. VS. 98 SECOND EDITION ATT: All MVP's, Kurt, and Everyone in the Know

From: André Gulliksen (andre.gulliksen_at_start.no)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:26:16 +0100

kurttrail wrote:
> Yeah, NT really is built on a kernel with no command line structure at
> all. The DOS emulation was attached as an afterthought!
>
> Dan has a real point about NT not really having a true maintenance OS
> that it is built on.

What is the problem? Is the command line really that necessary for
maintenance? If you are sore about not being able to fit a complete startup
environment onto a 1.44 MB floppy like in the old days, then too bad. But
there are several alternatives for doing maintenance work on a corrupt XP
installation apart from running a repair installation (or even the recovery
console) from the installation CD. The reason the repair installation is
suggested so often in here is most likely because it is a more or less
automated routine, it may work and most people these days wouldn't have a
clue about what to do if they found themselves in a command line environment
such as the recovery console.

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