Re: Recovery Console OEM

Thanks for the replies. Maybe the floppy would be the
best bet. Toshiba recovery cd is rigid...no options. One
more thought on this. Toshiba has a utility that can
create a bootable SD memory card. Would I be able to copy
all floppies onto the SD card and use it to get into
recovery? Thanks again.

>-----Original Message-----
>"gderreck" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I have a Toshiba Satellite M40 laptop with XP home.
>>However, the machine came with a proprietary recovery
cd.
>>I want to access the recovery console. I've been all
over
>>the net trying to find a solution. No luck. What I did
>>find out was that I could: buy a retail copy of XP
(duh),
>>or download the startup diskettes from microsoft(don't
>>have a floppy drive). The recovery cd from toshiba will
>>only recover the machine to the out of box state. That
is
>>not an option. Just want to run the fixmbr command. Can
>>anyone tell me my options? Toshiba does not support
>>anything other than full recovery(actually, they don't
>>support much of anything). Now, can I download the
>>diskette images, and make a bootable cd that will get
me
>>into the recovery console? If not, is there another
>>solution? Thanks in advance.
>
>Try using Bart's PE Builder from
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ to
>create a bootable CD. Note - I am not sure if your
Toshiba "system
>recovery" CD will work for this but it is worth trying.
>
>Once booted with the Bart's CD you can open a Command
Prompt window
>and run the recovery console commands.
>
>Good luck
>
>
>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>--
>Microsoft MVP
>On-Line Help Computer Service
>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
>In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
>http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>.
>
.

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