Re: Help with Recovery
From: John Barnett MVP (freelanceit_at_mvps.org.nospam)
Date: 06/08/04
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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:20:18 +0100
First an apology. Having checked my last but one post to you it appears that
i inadvertantly got the 'r' the wrong way round. Recovery console is the
first 'r' and not the second as i stated in the post. Apologies for that
mistake.
Now i have gone through the procedure to get to the recovery console using
both Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional and i am having no problems
at all.
I load the XP CD; the setup begins and load all the necessary files. When i
reach the welcome to setup i press 'r' and the windows recovery console
appear complete with all four operating systems on my machine. I press 1
(which is xp home on my machine) and then pressed Enter. It immediately
asked for a password. The same happened when i tried using an XP
Professional CD. As soon as i typed the number and pressed Enter it asked
for a password. I typed the password in and was immediately given access to
the recovery console.
I have checked the microsoft knowledge base and haven't been able to locate
anything like your problem. I'm beginning to wonder if the actually CD is at
fault.
If you buy a new hard drive and the CD is at fault you have basically wasted
your money. The repair option, which once again you are unable to use, would
have been the next best thing because it would have reinstalled xp without
destroying the programs and data you already have on your disk. That now
brings me to a complete new install. Once again we have a problem here
because, as you stated in your last post, you choose to install a new
version, agree to the licence agreement and then the machine freezes so you
can't even install a new copy. If you are using FAT32 file system i would
suggest using a Windows 98 startup disk (available from www.bootdisk.com) to
boot to the DOS prompt and then reformat your drive. Even if you are using
NTFS you can still use the windows 98 startup disk but you can't access the
nfts partition. What it will actually recommend (ntfs file system only) is
that you delete the partition using the 'fdisk' utility. Once you have done
this you then need to create a new partition and then install xp afresh.
If, on the other hand, the xp disc is actually faulty then you cannot do
anything that i suggested. Instead you need to first make sure you have the
original purchase receipt (proof of purchase) for your copy of windows xp,
then you need to contact microsoft to see if they will supply you with a new
xp cd. You can find the details about lost, broken and damaged xp cd's on my
website. Again go to WinXP Faq and take a look at question 43
-- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.nospam> wrote in message news:%230EDjHWTEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > I'm going to have to go through the procedure on my own machine to see if > i can either repeat the error or find out where things are getting 'stuck' > Just so i can get things right what version of xp are you using Home or > Professional? Also what file system are you using FAT32 or NTFS? > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Associate Expert > www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net > "Ichiban101" <heyoka101@aol.com> wrote in message > news:0F524C47-2A18-48C4-9FDB-8BD82AF98A7E@microsoft.com... >> Tahnks again John for your help- >> >> I am still having problems though and I guess I ahve not been very good >> about explaing where I am getting stuck let me try again and see. By the >> way thanky ou for being so patient. >> >> Okay from your wbesite question #51 it states the steps as such >> 1/ Place your Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and Reboot your PC >> >> 2/ XP's setup program will automatically start and files will be loaded >> to memory >> >> 3/When you reach the Welcome to Setup screen choose the Repair option by >> pressing R >> >> 4/ This will open the Recovery Console >> >> 5/ The list of Windows installations will appear >> >> 6/ As you only have one installation on your PC you need to press the >> number which is relevant to your installations location. This, obviously >> will typically be 1 >> >> 7/ Type in your Administrator password. If no administrator password >> exists, simply press Enter >> >> 8/At the command prompt type: CD C:\Windows\System32\ConfigREN system >> system.oldCOPY C:\Windows\Repair\system >> >> 9/ Finally remove your XP CD from the CD-ROM >> >> I now understand the difference also from yor last post between the "r" >> for repair" and the "r" for recvoery. Unfortunatly I can not really get >> to either screen. But for the sake of making this simple let me just >> stay with the Recovery Console since that seems to be what I need. >> >> These are the steps I can do and have done >> 1. Boot from the CD witht he Windows XP >> 2. It loads necessary files and up comes the first screen the where you >> can choose the "rapir option" or to install. >> 3. I choose install >> 4. Agree to the terms of agreement by hitting F8 >> 5. The computer then starts searching for pervious versions of windows. >> >> From here is where it is getting frozen or stuck. I can hear the hard >> drive gonig about few seconds like 30 maybe tops. Then the computer >> freezes adn there is no activity. Just to make sure I let it site in >> this mode for almost 1 hour today. However I can not get past the >> searching for pervious versions. So I never get to the second instance >> of r for repair option. I can not get past the screen after signing the >> agreement. >> >> Does that make sense? Any ideas how to get around this? Do I need to >> just get a new hard drive and start over? >> >> Thanks >> Ichiban101 >> >> ----- John Barnett MVP wrote: ----- >> >> the usual procedure is to enter the desired number first, i.e., 1 >> followed >> by Enter. Just pressing the number 1 does absolutely nothing. >> after inserting the number of the windows operating system and >> pressing >> Enter a box should appear asking for a password. Now if you have XP >> Home no >> password is needed. If you have XP Pro then you use the administrator >> password created when the operating system was installed. This is >> usually >> different from the admin password you use as your user profile. >> The problem with XP is that there are two instances where you can >> actually >> press 'R'. The first is when the system is beginning to load - after >> the >> files have been copied to memory. This is the 'repair' option. To use >> the >> recovery console you actually have to start the installation process >> by >> installing the basic windows setup files. >> As for waiting for the process to complete after pressing 1 there >> shouldn't >> be that much of a delay. >> I can only suggest you attempt a clean install of the operating >> system. >> Obviously you are going to loose all that is on the hard drive, but >> if you >> cannot replace the file via recovery console you are rather stuck. >> >> -- >> John Barnett MVP >> Associate Expert >> www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net >> "Ichiban101" <heyoka101@aol.com> wrote in message >> news:2AD634A5-1715-4CCA-B244-B18C05036730@microsoft.com... >> > Hi John- >> >> Thanks for your quick feedback and response. I checked question >> 51 on >> > your website. It is exactly what I am having problem with. The >> only >> > thing is as stated above I can not get to the recovery console >> really. In >> > your directions I can get to step 6. I put in the number 1 of >> course to >> > install Windows XP. Then nothing happens. So I hit 1 with an >> enter to >> > see if that will work and I get nothing. I can not see that the >> computer >> > is thinking or CD-rom spinning just nothing. No password nothing. >> >> Also I can not get into windows to do anything. I have tried to >> do things >> > like boot in safe mode or last known safe configuration etc but >> nothing. >> > The only thign I can get thte computer to do is boot from the >> CD-rom drive >> > using the Windows xp Install software. I get to the repair console >> and >> > select 1 and then nothing. Do I need to wait longer? Should I >> just press >> > the number 1 for the correct installation or is it 1 with an enter >> > afterward? Any ideas? >> >> Thanks >> > Ichiban101 >> >> >> > >
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