The Windows XP Recovery Console is not the same things as the PC Restore. Windows XP Recovery Console is a special boot up method that can be used to help fix problems that are preventing your Windows installation from properly booting up into Windows. This method allows you to access files, format drives, disable and enable services, and other tasks from a console prompt while the operating system is not loaded. If anyone know the real answer to the question posted here,.... how does one run the Windows XP Recovery Console on a Dell that did not come with a Windows XP CD? Please, let us know. I have two disk drives. My first drive runs just fine and has the OS on it. When I power on my second drive, the one with all my data, my system freezes up. I need to get to the Recovery Console so I can run chkdsk /r on the drive to fix and recover what data I can.
Denny Denham
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April 2nd, 2006 22:00
The procedure for PC Restore is here.
You should have an XP reinstallation CD. Request one using one of the links here.
CEWalker
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CEWalker
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dave51_2fe887
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August 6th, 2009 10:00
If you go to the link below, and scroll down to "How to create a bootable CD to access Recovery Console"
Download the file, unzip and burn the ISO file to a CD.
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm