Windows Repair

From: Alan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:52:32 -0700

I tried to do a repair of my windows XP Home installation
(a long story for another post). By booting with the CD-
ROM and selecting "R" option I assumed that I would be
presnted with a GUI giving me an option to say "Repair my
Windows System Files". As it says on the tee shirt 'All I
got was a lousy C: prompt'.
I read somewhere in Windows help that the "R" option
brought up the recovery console and that I should
type "Recovery Console" at the C: prompt. This does not
work because there is no executable in the root directory
and it also does not work at the CD-ROM %prompt (same
reason).
I even tried adding Recovery Console as a boot option. I
selected it at boot up but it stopped part way through
loading (maybe because I have an on-board RAID 0
controller and it couldn't find the driver.
Help anyone??
Am I being too naive in expecting a "Repair my Windows
System Files" option? Should I just reinstall Windows
over the top of itself? But that would mean I would
delete all of the updates from Microsoft - right?
Alan

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Corrupted registry, no floppy drive for regchk
    ... the machine with the Software copy in repair but, as you mention, this leaves ... 2K install disk reported that it could not find Windows. ... To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000 ... Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
  • Re: XP wont boot -
    ... would it still help Windows XP ... If your operating system isn't available for repair or via the RC then the ... | two drives available to repair... ... |> To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows XP ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: No authorization to change files in Recovery Console
    ... If your System Restore was working properly and if you have a fairly recent restore point the repair, although a bit tedious, usually yields fairly good results. ... That is the default password on many installation. ... If however a password was given when Windows was installed or if the password was changed thereafter, obviously just pressing enter will not let you in and you will get the access denied error. ... How do I log on with the admin user when I am using the 6 floppies to get to the Recovery Console? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: finding fail-safe default for XP laptop
    ... To salvage your files you will have to remove the disk from the laptop and then mount it to another computer. ... Using the Recovery Console is usually quite safe, you won't be installing it on the drive, you will only be booting to it with the Windows XP CD. ... Keep in mind that there is *always* a risk of data loss when you run chkdsk, this is true even if you have no perceived problems with the Windows installation. ... As I said earlier, you don't need to install the Recovery Console and you wouldn't want to even try to install it on a bad disk or while attempting to repair a broken Windows installation, you just want to run it from the Windows XP CD. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
  • Re: finding fail-safe default for XP laptop
    ... You should only attempt to repair the disk or file ... To salvage your files you will have to remove the disk from the ... Using the Recovery Console is usually quite safe, ... Windows installation. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)