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The Windows 2000 Recovery Console is a
command-line interface used to perform a variety of troubleshooting
and recovery tasks. These include starting and stopping services,
reading and writing data on a local drive (including drives that are
formatted with the NTFS file system), and formatting hard disks. Once
the recovery console has been started, use the commands from the
command line to remove, replace, or copy corrupt files.
There is more than one way to start the Recovery Console. The
first way is to insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive and wait for the Microsoft Windows 2000 CD dialog box to
open. If it does not start, go to the Run command window on
the Start menu and type cmd. This will display the command
prompt window. Change to the drive letter of the CD-ROM, then to
the I386 folder, and run the
winnt32
command with the /cmdcons switch. After the Recovery Console is installed, access it from
the "Please Select Operating System To Start" menu. The
recovery console can also be started by starting the system with
the Windows 2000 setup disks or the CD, and selecting the option
when prompted.
FIXMBR and FIXBOOT
The
FIXMBR command can be used with the Recovery Console to fix hard
drive problems. The
FIXMBR command repairs a master boot record (MBR).
The syntax for this command is
FIXMBR [Device Name]. If the [Device
Name] parameter is omitted, FIXMBR rewrites the MBR on the boot
device. A device name can be specified to write a MBR to a different
drive (such as a floppy disk or secondary hard disk). Use the MAP
command to retrieve a list of device names. An example of a valid
device name is \Device\HardDisk0.
The
FIXBOOT
command writes a new boot sector onto the system partition. The syntax
for the command is
FIXBOOT [drive:]. It is
important to note that if the [drive:] option is not specified, FIXBOOT writes the boot sector to the default boot partition. Specify
a different drive if a boot sector is to be written to a volume other
than the default boot partition.
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Lab
Activity (PDF, 14 KB) |
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In this lab, students will learn how to use and
implement the Windows 2000 Recovery Console. |
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