Many time we get Blue Screen of Death at boot – the first option should be to boot into Safe Mode (press F8 during bootup).
Some hardware failures are so severe they prevent booting into Safe Mode.
The recovery console allows an alternative boot option giving a limited command prompt – this can be used to disable services or replace system files until you are able to boot into safe mode.
Recovery Console commands:ATTRIB Change file attributes
BATCH Execute a batch file
CD Change directory
CHKDSK Check Disk
CLS Clear screen
COPY Copy files*
DEL Delete Files*
DIR Directory listing
DISABLE Disable Service
DISKPART Create or delete disk Partitions (like running setup)
ENABLE Enable Service
EXIT Quit the recovery console and reboot
EXPAND
FIXBOOT Write a new boot sector to the system partition
FIXMBR Repair the Master boot Record
FORMAT FORMAT drive /FS:NTFS
HELP
LISTSVC List all services and drivers
LOGON Logon as administrator (local)
MAP List local physical drive mappings
MAP arc List local physical drive mappings(ARC path)
MD Make Directory*
MORE
RD Remove Directory*
REN Rename file*
SYSTEMROOT Set the current directory to be %Systemroot%
* File operations are only possible on:
system directories, floppy drive(removable media), Root directories,
local install sources. You can copy FROM but not TO a floppy disk.
Installation:
The recovery console is not installed by default (it’s only 7 Mb), install from the W2K CD with the command:
D:i386winnt32 /cmdcons
The recovery console can also be run from the Win 2K boot floppies.
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