Detailed WINXP fault recovery console full manual page 1/2

When the security mode and other startup methods are ineffective, you can consider using the fault recovery console. It is recommended that you only have advanced users (you can use basic commands to determine and find the driver with problems Program And files. In addition, you must be a local administrator.
Install the fault recovery console

You can install the fault recovery console on your computer so that you can use it when Windows cannot be restarted. You can select the fault recovery console option from the list of existing operating systems at startup. For important servers and IT staff workstations, it is best to install the fault recovery console. This article describes how to install the fault recovery console for your Windows XP computer. You must have the right to manage the computer to install the fault recovery console.

Although you can run the fault recovery console directly by starting from the Windows XP disc, it is more convenient to set it as the start option in the boot menu. To directly start running from the CD, see the "use fault recovery console" section after this article.

To install the fault recovery console, perform the following steps:

Insert the Windows XP disc into the CD-ROM drive.

Click Start, and then click Run.

In the open box, type D: \ i386 \ winnt32.exe/javascons, where D is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.

The "Windows installation" dialog box appears, showing the options for the fault recovery console. The system prompts you to confirm the installation. Click to start the installation process. Restart the computer. The next time you start your computer, you will see the "Microsoft Windows fault recovery console" item on the boot menu.

Note: You can also use the UNC installation fault recovery console in a shared network location.

Use the fault recovery console

You can enable and disable services, format a drive, read and write data on a local drive (including a drive formatted to use an NT File System (NTFs), and perform many other management tasks. The fault recovery console is particularly useful if you need to copy files from a disk or CD to a hard disk to repair your computer, or you need to reconfigure the services that make the computer unable to start normally.

If you cannot start your computer, you can run the fault recovery console from the Microsoft Windows XP boot disk or from the Windows XP disc. This topic describes how to execute this task.

After Windows XP is installed on your computer, you need to use the Windows XP boot disk or Windows XP disc to start your computer and use the fault recovery console.

Note: To start a computer from a Windows XP disc, You need to configure the computer's Basic Input/Output System (BiOS) to start from the CD-ROM drive.

To run the fault recovery console from a Windows XP boot disk or a Windows XP disc, follow these steps:

Insert a Windows XP boot disk into a floppy drive or a Windows XP disc into a CD-ROM drive and restart your computer.

When prompted, click to select all the options required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive.

When the "Welcome to installer" Screen appears, press R to start the fault recovery console. If you are using a dual-boot or multi-boot computer, select the installation that requires access from the fault recovery console. Enter the administrator password as prompted. If the administrator password is blank, press Enter. At the command prompt, type the appropriate command to diagnose and repair Windows XP installation. To view the list of commands provided by the fault recovery console, enter the command or help in the command prompt and press Enter.

To view information about a specific command, enter the HELP command name at the command prompt and press Enter.

To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, enter exit at the command prompt and press Enter.

Use the fault Recovery Console Command Prompt

The Recovery Console provides a special command prompt, which is different from a common Windows command prompt. The fault recovery console has its own command interpreter. Enter the password of the Administrator (local administrator, not the domain administrator) as prompted on the Recovery Console to access the command interpreter.

When the Recovery Console is started, you can press F6 to install the third-party SCSI or raid driver required to access the SCSI or raid hard disk. This prompt serves the same purpose as installing the operating system.

The Recovery Console takes several seconds to start. When the fault recovery console menu appears, a numbered list is displayed listing all windows installed on the computer (usually only one-C: \ WINDOWS-exists ). Even if there is only one item, type A number and press Enter. If you do not select a number before pressing enter, the computer restarts and repeats this process.

When you see the % SystemRoot % prompt (usually C: \ Windows), you can start to use the commands provided in the fault recovery console.

Command operation

The following lists the commands provided in the Recovery Console:

Attrib is used to change the attributes of a file or subdirectory.

Batch executes the command specified in the text file and inputfile, and outputfile stores the output result of the command. If the outputfile parameter is ignored, the output result is displayed on the screen.

Bootcfg is used to operate the boot. ini file (set startup configuration and recovery.

The operations on CD (chdir) are limited to the system directory installed on Windows, removable media, root directory of all hard disk partitions, or local installation source.

The/P switch runs chkdsk even if the drive is not marked as updated. The/R switch finds Bad Sectors and restores readable information. This switch contains the/P function. Chkdsk requires autochk. Chkdsk automatically searches for the autochk.exe file in the startup folder. If chkdsk does not find this file in the startup folder, it will find the Windows 2000 installation CD. If the chkdsk cannot find the installation disc, the system will prompt you to provide the location of the autochk.exe file.

CLS is used to clear the screen.

Copy: copy the file to the target location. By default, the target cannot be a removable media or a wildcard. Copying a compressed file from a Windows 2000 installation CD automatically decompress the file.

Del (delete) deletes an object. The operation scope is limited to the current Windows installation system directory, removable media, root directory of all hard disk partitions, or local installation source. By default, wildcards are not allowed.

DIR Displays a list of all files, including hidden files and system files.

Disable disables Windows Services or drivers. Variable Service _ or _ driver is the name of the service or driver you want to disable. When you use this command to disable a service, the computer displays the original Startup Type of the service before the service type is changed to service_disabled. Note the original Startup type so that you can restart the service by using the enable command.

Diskpart manages partitions on hard disk volumes. The/Add option creates a new partition, And the/delete option deletes an existing partition. The device variable is the device name of the new partition (for example, \ device \ harddisk0 ). The drive variable is the drive letter (for example, d) of the partition to be deleted, and partition is the specific name of the partition to be deleted (for example, \ device \ harddisk0 \ partition1) and can be used to replace the drive variable. The variable size is the size of the new partition (in MB ).

Enable Windows Services or drivers. The variable service_or_driver is the name of the service or driver you want to enable, and start_type is the start type of the service. The START type uses one of the following formats:

Service_boot_start

Service_system_start

Service_auto_start

Service_demand_start

Exit is used to exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer.

Expand expands a compressed file. The variable source is the file you want to expand. By default, you cannot use wildcard characters. The variable destination is the directory of the new file. By default, the target cannot be a removable media or a read-only file. You can use the attrib command to remove the read-only attribute of the target directory. When the source file contains multiple files, use the option/F: filespec; this option allows the use of wildcards. /Y indicates whether to enable overwriting. The/D switch specifies that these files should not be expanded and the file directories in the source files should be displayed.