Re: Does anyone know of a command line boot utility

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"" wrote:
> I have a Windows XP Pro system that became hosed during a
> failed attempt to
> apply SP2 and now is in a "Incomplete install.... rebooting"
> loop. Before
> attempting to recover, I would like to boot into a command
> prompt...
> hopefully from a bootable CD... and back up any critical
> files before
> messing around. (Security files, registry, etc.).
>
> Does anyone know of a utility for accomplsing this?

you needto put the xp disk in, and when it gives you the option load
the recovary console, whih is a very dos like console. It will alow
you to copy files from the hard drive to floppy disk or, if you have
one, usb flash memory if it?s suppoted.

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