Windows XP Pro Recovery Console

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:05:48 +0700, "kamiuk" <kamiuk@aol.com> wrote:

>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.
>
>
Try this KB article.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

Dave

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:41:28 +0700, "kamiuk" <kamiuk@aol.com> wrote:

>The MS article doesn't help; I guess the only way to get the recovery
>console is to buy a Windows XP Pro CD. It would have been nice if Toshiba,
>which doesn't supply anything except the recovery CD, would have installed
>the recovery console on the HD as part of the original installation. Thanks
>anyway.
>
Wont Toshiba provide the RC for you?
In my opinion, if you purchased a PC with XP, you should
be entitled to all the tools that are available on the XP CD.
You can thank M$ for the current state of affairs
with "recovery disks"
Dave