Re: Recovery Console installed?

Thanks, David. Http://www.ubcd4win.com/ does seem like a good bet.
Unfortunately, on 5 different tries to download from the original and 4
mirror sites, it either didn't download at all (1X) or reported "Error in
C:\my downloads|UBCD4WINV30.exe archive directory" when I attempted to
extract it to my C:\ubcd4win folder. - I had earlier attempted to use BartPE
downloaded from its BartPe site, but apparently don't understand all its
subtleties. I can make a boot disk with it, but so far haven't been able to
create a bootable XPSP2 slipstreamed disc using it.


"David Webb" wrote:

Here's more ammo for you, as long as you're heading in that direction.

You may want to look into the BartPE boot disc or a variation of it called the
UBCD4WIN CD. Both of these discs will boot a working version of Windows XP from
the CD itself. You can then access the drive(s) of the main system. Each disc
comes with worthwhile utilities for repairing NT systems.

The BartPE boot disc is an excellent tool, but it's not for the faint-of-heart
in that it takes a lot of time to find/create/add and test the additional
plug-ins you may want or need.

I recommend the UBCD4WIN CD instead. This is a BartPE CD on steroids. It
utilizes the Bart compiler (PEBuilder) to generate the ISO image and then burns
the image to a CD and it has most of the freeware utilities and drivers you'll
need already established for you. Naturally, some updates are required for the
AV utilities.

See this link for more info and to download all requirements, including the
BartPE builder software. It's all free:

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Note: One BartPE plug-in was left out of the UBCD4WIN list. It's called
"bootfix". That's a good one to add back before compiling. Read the htm file in
the BartPE plug-in folder for more details.

Good luck!

"Justine" <Justine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Thanks, Frodo. I did have a slipstreamed disc, and that's how I was able to
| seemingly install the RC. That is, the completion message said it installed
| OK, and I even got it to present the choice of using it at normal bootup, but
| not since (which provoked my question). Unfortunately I don't now have that
| disc on hand. - The reason I want to have the RC installed, rather than just
| call it up from my original OEM setup disc, is because of a project that
| would make RC more useful, but which requires that it already be installed. -
| Alas, I need my *** saved all too often, which drives my interest in
| "rescues". Backups, imaging, an external hard disk, and liberal use of CD
| storage sometimes do the trick, but all have all failed me at one time or
| another.
|
|
| > Justine <Justine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > > <snip>
| > > installation command (d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons) simply provokes the
| > > message: "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your
| > > computer is newer than the version on the CD..." - (Given this error
| > > <snip>
| >
| > True, if you have SP2 installed then you need a CD w/ SP2 to install the
| > RC; you'll need to make one by Slipstreaming SP2 into your original CD;
| > google for slipstream instructions, it's not hard, but not for novices
| > either. Best bet may be to find someone who already has a SP2 CD you can
| > use, it won't ask about a serial number or anything.
| >
| > BTW, the RC really isn't all that useful (IMHO), but I _DO_ normally
| > install it on all machine I build, just in case. To be honest it's never
| > saved my *** yet (knock on wood!). the FIXMBR command is probably the
| > most useful thing. To get the max utility out of RC you _ALSO_ need to
| > set a few registry values that "unlock" (or "de-cripple") its behavior, so
| > that it can access all directories of the HD; without these tweaks it can
| > only access a few dirs (a security measure). google for these reg tweaks,
| > but ONLY do them if the machine is located in a secure place where a
| > passer-by can't get at it.
| >
| >



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