Recovery Console

[zsmi]

I am using WindowsXP (Home) SP2.

How can I install the Recovery Console on a SP2 system?

Any help&advice will be greatly appreciated.

[Yzöwl]

Put your XP CD in your ROM Drive,

Start => Run => CD-ROM drive letter:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons => OK

reboot when done!

[zsmi]

Thank you for the help.

Unfortunately the command :" Start => Run => CD-ROM drive letter:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons => OK" does not work with SP2.

The message I have received is:

"Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD.

Warning: If you decide to delete the newer version of Windows that is currently installed on your computer, the files and settings cannot be recovered."

[Yzöwl]

So you didn't install sp2 with a slipstreamed CD then!

If you slipstream sp2 into the XP CD-ROM, it updates the console.

You could always use nLite, to do a slipstream, and use that as the location in the command line.

Start => Run => path to slipstreamed files directory:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons => OK