it possible to create the emergency repair disks from the recovery console? Because my computer wont boot (windows 2000) and I want to repair the windows installation. But I don't have any emergency recovery disks, and the windows installation program...

from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () Hi Galen, 1-I do not have a Windows XP CD-rom. 2-I cannot risk losing any files from my computer, as I (sadly) do not have any backup disks. =[ "Galen" wrote: > In news:8AB626E1-3197-4D23-8357-BA16A28A842B...

home premium disk from a computer with a genuine Vista license. As you know companies such as Gateway Dell etc don't provide the pure install software just stupid recovery disks. If this is not possible is there a cheap alternative to acquiring just a data...

to copy the old laptop disk to the desktop disk. - Use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches to load the new laptop disk. - Install the new disk in the laptop. - Boot the laptop with your Win2000 CD into the Recovery Console and use the fixmbr...

have a recovery disk from Acer, and a Windows XP install (not recovery) disk. I'll go with the install disk, since recovery disks are more often than not crap, and Acer's just plain don't work. Boot from the Windows XP CD. You should get a text-mode, white-on-blue...

microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () I have a 3 year old Toshiba laptop that came with XP Pro included in 3 recovery disks. The computer crawls. Reformatting using the recoverys disks seems to improve performance for a very short time and it...

first would computer would not beep at startup and would not but, after the fan, harddrive and other activity started it would just shut down, no beeps. The other gave me 4 short beeps. I could not have built two more different computers. One was a foxconn...

target drive before doing the copying. What I'm hoping for is to be able to make the equivalent of a non-destructive recovery disk. The computer at the moment contains only the WinXP Home operating system, complete up to Service Pack 2. It would be...

Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > Please reply to the newsgroup >> Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () My computer is HP. They gave instructions for making Recovery disks, (2 DVD's!), which I did. Is that the same as...

original OS install. To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000 Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD, use another...