e2727
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|  [XP Pro] Recovery Console?
I was going to fix my Windows XP that would not boot, i tryed to use the Recovery Console for system repair and recovery functionality, but when i get to it say Which Windows installation would you like to log on to, i put in 1 than nothing happens,if i press enter it starts all over,so i can't go beyoned after i enter the 1,anyone know what i am doing wrong? thanks
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La Luna
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clubs: | Is it asking for the administrator password?
Screenshots:
»www.windowsnetworking.com/articl···ons.html |
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Cudni
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Someshire | reply to e2727
is the repair option available?
»www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrep···warning2
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e2727
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Brooklyn, NY | It seems like the repair option is not available, and it don't ask for a password, why is the repair option not available?
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4 edits | If Recovery Console cannot read the registry, you will not be able to use it. It needs a valid registry, (HKLM, HKCR, and SAM), as well as a reasonably valid BOOT.INI file to identify the XP installation(s). When it is incapable of reading the registry, no numbered OS selectiona appears, and nearly any choice at that point leads it to simply restart. Similarly, there is nothing to Repair if an existing OS instance cannot be discovered.
Your hard drive has very serious problems.
If neither using Setup nor Recovery Console can perceive a valid installed XP image, you would have to use a Linux Live CD like Knoppix or similar (if using the NTFS filestore, a DOS or Win9x Boot CD if using FAT32) to be able to copy user data to another drive. Then the drive needs to be reformatted (if it is salvageable) and XP installed clean. Then restore XP from your Backups.
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| I have had the problem before where the registry is not readable. I put the hard drive in another computer, renamed the registry files, and then manually copied them from a recent restore point. The computer then booted properly into safe mode, and I did a system restore.
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bcastner
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| Yes, you could try to harvest the registry hives from either a Live CD or as a slave drive. This is decidedly non-trivial, but it can work as jaa  discussed above.
References:
»support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545
A "plain English" explanation of the process written by Charlie White: »www.digitalwebcast.com/2002/03_m···toot.htm
After harvesting and moving the registry files, remount the drive (if slaved) and use System Restore.
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koma3504
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North Richland Hills, TX | reply to e2727
Are you booting to the recovery console of the Xp cd or is it instlalled as a boot up option ?? |
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e2727
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| I installed the recovery console from Microsoft, now it works from both the Cd and the boot up option, but can you reinstall XP from the recovery console, or if it just for the fixing the boot if you can't boot, like the FIXBOOT commands like that, just not to sure what recovery console can fully do, never really use it,thanks to everyone for the help |
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koma3504
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North Richland Hills, TX | Try runing a chkdsk /r noting the space between chkdsk and the / if that does not fix your issue i do think there is a command to fix the mbr but i do not recall what it is exactley at the moment. |
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bcastner
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You cannot reinstall XP from the Recovery Console. You can, sometimes, repair a failed boot.
The above suggestion to run chkdsk /r is a good one, and I would start there. Then type, in order:
fixmbr
fixboot
bootcfg /Rebuild
The last command will ask you a series of questions about identified XP installations. Use the default answer it provides in every case.
exit
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e2727
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Brooklyn, NY | Thanks now i understand it better how it works |
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