Windows XP Pro Recovery Console



I recently had a startup problem with my Toshiba Portege - no safe mode,
last configuration, etc. , and the error message said the pci.sys file in
system32/drivers was corrupt or missing, and to insert the XP Pro setup
disk, and type "r" at the first screen to start the repair.

Toshiba provides a recovery disk which formats the HD and returns it to the
configuration at purchase. After realizing I could not fix it, I went to
Toshiba and it only took a few minutes to fix the problem. I think it used
the "recovery console" on the XP Pro disk. I have since read that the
recovery console can be installed on the HD to be used with problems like
mine.

Is there any way to install the recovery console on the hard drive, or put
the recovery console on a CD to fix similar problems in the future (the
Portege has no floppy drive, but can access the CD/DVD drive at startup, if
necessary. TIA for any solutions.



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