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letter of the CD-ROM or network drive that holds the Windows XP installation files.
After installation, you can start the Recovery Console by choosing it from the list of
installed operating systems—you do not need to have the installation CD.
How to Start the Windows XP Professional Recovery Console
You can also run the Recovery Console from the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM
without installing it. The Recovery Console provides a limited set of administrative
commands that you can use to repair your Windows XP Professional installation. You
can use the following steps to start the Recovery Console from the Windows XP Professional
CD-ROM:
1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and restart
the computer. If your computer or the workstation you want to repair does not
have a bootable CD-ROM drive, you need to insert your Windows XP Professional
Setup Boot disk into your floppy disk drive. Insert the additional Windows XP Professional
Setup disks when you are prompted to do so.
2. When Setup displays the Setup Notification message, read it, and then press Enter
to continue.
3. Setup displays the Welcome To Setup screen. In addition to the initial installation
of Windows XP Professional, you can use Windows Setup to repair or recover a
damaged Windows XP Professional installation. Press R to repair a Windows XP
Professional installation.
4. The Windows XP Recovery Console screen appears. Press C to start the Recovery
Console.
5. If you have more than one installation of Windows XP Professional on the computer,
you are prompted to select which installation you want to repair. Type 1
and then press ENTER.
6. Type the Administrator’s password, and then press ENTER.
7. Setup displays a command prompt. Type help and then press ENTER for a list of
the commands available.
8. When you have completed the repair process, type exit and then press ENTER.
The computer will restart.
The Major Recovery Console Commands
Lesson 3 Troubleshooting Problems Using Startup and Recovery Tools
There are a number of commands available in the Recovery Console, some of which
are described in Table 4-11.