Its primary function is to enable administrators to recover from situations where Windows does not boot as far as presenting its graphical user interface. The recovery console is used to provide a way to access the hard drive in an emergency through the command prompt.
The Recovery Console can be accessed in two ways, either through the original installation media used to install Windows, or by installing it onto the hard drive and adding it to the NTLDR menu. However, the latter option is much more risky than the former one because it requires that the computer can boot to the point that NTLDR loads, or else the Recovery Console will not work at all.[3]
The Recovery Console has a simple command-line interpreter (or CLI). Many of the available commands closely resemble the commands that are normally available in cmd.exe, namely attrib, copy, del, and so forth.
From the Recovery Console an administrator can:
create and remove directories, and copy, erase, display, and rename files
enable and disable services (which modifies the service control database in the registry, to take effect when the system is next bootstrapped)
expand files from the compressed format in which they are stored on the installation CD-ROM
perform a full chkdsk scan to repair corrupted disks and files, especially if the computer cannot be started properly
Filesystem access on the Recovery Console is by default severely limited. An administrator using the Recovery Console has only read-only access to all volumes except for the boot volume, and even on the boot volume only access to the root directory and to the Windows system directory (e.g. \WINNT). This can be changed by changing Security Policies to enable read/write access to the complete file system including copying files from removable media (i.e. floppy drives).
Commandsedit
The following is a list of the Recovery Console internal commands:[1][2]
Although it appears in the list of commands available by using the help command, and in many articles about the Recovery Console (including those authored by Microsoft), the net command is not available. No protocol stacks are loaded, so there is no way to connect to a shared folder on a remote computer as implied.
^ abMicrosoft. . KnowledgeBase. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04.
^ abMicrosoft. . KnowledgeBase. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08.
^Eric A. Hall. "Primer: Creating A Windows XP Recovery Console CD Image".
External linksedit
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recovery, console, feature, windows, 2000, windows, windows, server, 2003, operating, systems, provides, means, administrators, perform, limited, range, tasks, using, command, line, interface, windows, 2000, selection, login, command, promptsdeveloper, microso. The Recovery Console is a feature of the Windows 2000 1 Windows XP 2 and Windows Server 2003 operating systems It provides the means for administrators to perform a limited range of tasks using a command line interface Recovery ConsoleThe Windows 2000 Recovery Console selection login and command promptsDeveloper s MicrosoftInitial releaseFebruary 17 2000 24 years ago 2000 02 17 Operating systemMicrosoft WindowsPlatformIA 32 x86 64 ItaniumSuccessorWindows Recovery EnvironmentTypeCommand line interpreter Its primary function is to enable administrators to recover from situations where Windows does not boot as far as presenting its graphical user interface The recovery console is used to provide a way to access the hard drive in an emergency through the command prompt The Recovery Console can be accessed in two ways either through the original installation media used to install Windows or by installing it onto the hard drive and adding it to the NTLDR menu However the latter option is much more risky than the former one because it requires that the computer can boot to the point that NTLDR loads or else the Recovery Console will not work at all 3 Contents 1 Abilities 1 1 Commands 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksAbilities editThe Recovery Console has a simple command line interpreter or CLI Many of the available commands closely resemble the commands that are normally available in a href Cmd exe html title Cmd exe cmd exe a namely a href Attrib html class mw redirect title Attrib attrib a a href Copy command html title Copy command copy a a href Del command html title Del command del a and so forth From the Recovery Console an administrator can create and remove directories and copy erase display and rename files enable and disable services which modifies the service control database in the registry to take effect when the system is next bootstrapped repair boot file using the a href Bootcfg html title Bootcfg bootcfg a command write a new master boot record to a disk using the fixmbr command write a new volume boot record to a volume using the fixboot command format volumes expand files from the compressed format in which they are stored on the installation CD ROM perform a full a href Chkdsk html class mw redirect title Chkdsk chkdsk a scan to repair corrupted disks and files especially if the computer cannot be started properly Filesystem access on the Recovery Console is by default severely limited An administrator using the Recovery Console has only read only access to all volumes except for the boot volume and even on the boot volume only access to the root directory and to the Windows system directory e g WINNT This can be changed by changing Security Policies to enable read write access to the complete file system including copying files from removable media i e floppy drives Commands edit The following is a list of the Recovery Console internal commands 1 2 attrib batch bootcfg introduced in Windows XP cd chdir chkdsk cls copy del delete dir disable diskpart enable exit expand fixboot fixmbr format help listsvc logon map md mkdir more rd ren rename rmdir set introduced in Windows XP systemroot type Although it appears in the list of commands available by using the a href Help command html title Help command help a command and in many articles about the Recovery Console including those authored by Microsoft the a href Net command html title Net command net a command is not available No protocol stacks are loaded so there is no way to connect to a shared folder on a remote computer as implied See also editEmergency Repair Disk Comparison of command shellsReferences edit a b Microsoft Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console KnowledgeBase Archived from the original on 2011 11 04 a b Microsoft Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console KnowledgeBase Archived from the original on 2014 09 08 Eric A Hall Primer Creating A Windows XP Recovery Console CD Image External links editDescription of the Recovery Console Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Recovery Console amp oldid 1193820713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
