Install Recovery Console in XP SP2

[Shawn P Bolan]

After installing XP SP2, I can not install Recovery Console from my XP
product CD. Operation errors out indicating the version of Windows on the
system is newer than the version that is being installed.

Anyone know a way around this?

It appears that Recovery Console runs fine from the product CD, but I want
to install it.

Thanks,

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

I had to use a slipstreamed SP2 CD to install the Recovery Console. Any
earlier versions of XP CDs wouldn't work:

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

 

[Jon]

You can install Recovery Console, AFTER SP2 installation, via the following
workaround.....

For this you need the full network version of SP2, downloadable from here

http://tinyurl.com/5bobl

1. Open a command prompt in the folder containing the SP2 installer
and type
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -x
Choose a folder to extract the files to eg c:\SP2files

2 Make a backup of the file winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386

3 Replace the winnt32.exe file in c:\windows\i386 with the identically
named file in C:\sp2files\i386 (or in the i386 folder in the folder where
you extracted the files)

4 Open a command prompt at c:\windows\i386
Type winnt32.exe /cmdcons
Recovery Console should install
(Ignore the first error message, if any)

5 Replace the winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386 with its original version
(created in step 2)


Hope this works for you


Jon