Re: Can Win XP Home full CD be used to start Recovery Console of OEM installation?

From: Lance Joiner (rsjoiner_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:58:41 -0600

I have OEM too..I went to start..run and typed d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
but changed the d to my drive letter c and pointed it to my i/386 folder and
installed recovery console. Maybe it will work for you.

"randy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DD2480B8-5160-4FAF-A9F0-9C182B28B975@microsoft.com...
> my win xp home is cycling through and never booting -- get blue screen of
death - and error that suggests file "SOFTWARE" is missing.
>
> tech tips say I can use CD to start REcovery console - but my Toshiba OEM
version of WIN XP does not offer that option (it says next step I'll fdo is
reformat the drive!).
>
> So, my question is can a full-blown WIN XP home disks be used to get to
the recovery console of an OEM installed system??
>
> I understand what I need to do once the recovery console is up -- is to
rename the SOFTWARE filke to SOFTWARE.old and then rename the SOFTWARE.SAV
to SOFTWARE and then try to reboot...
>
> Any help is greating appreciated!!

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