Re: 'Access Denied' in recovery console

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Hi,

Are you in the \windows folder when you run that command? The Recovery
Console is limited to what folders can be accessed and written to.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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"ayndaroo" <ayndaroo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43B90EB6-7157-4FCB-815C-95A8ACAD6841@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have been trying to repair a malfunction in XP Home that doesn't allow me
> to logon to Windows. When the computer boots up it displays a screen that
> gives me 5 options for starting up, all of which restart the computer when
> selected. I have been following the procedure in the XP support article
> Q307545 to remedy this problem and I have made it as far as the command
> prompt in the recovery console. However, when I try to type in the first
> command 'md tmp' I receive the message 'access denied.'
>
> Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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