Manny said:
I installed SP2 and the recovery console is gone. I tried
to re-install it form the XP CD, but XP SP2 said the
version was back level. Where can I get a copy of the SP2
version of the recovery console?
This recipe was posted here by '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)
