Windows XP Pro Recovery Console

[kamiuk]

I recently had a startup problem with my Toshiba Portege - no safe mode,
last configuration, etc. , and the error message said the pci.sys file in
system32/drivers was corrupt or missing, and to insert the XP Pro setup
disk, and type "r" at the first screen to start the repair.

Toshiba provides a recovery disk which formats the HD and returns it to the
configuration at purchase. After realizing I could not fix it, I went to
Toshiba and it only took a few minutes to fix the problem. I think it used
the "recovery console" on the XP Pro disk. I have since read that the
recovery console can be installed on the HD to be used with problems like
mine.

Is there any way to install the recovery console on the hard drive, or put
the recovery console on a CD to fix similar problems in the future (the
Portege has no floppy drive, but can access the CD/DVD drive at startup, if
necessary. TIA for any solutions.

 

[da_test]

I recently had a startup problem with my Toshiba Portege - no safe mode,
last configuration, etc. , and the error message said the pci.sys file in
system32/drivers was corrupt or missing, and to insert the XP Pro setup
disk, and type "r" at the first screen to start the repair.

Toshiba provides a recovery disk which formats the HD and returns it to the
configuration at purchase. After realizing I could not fix it, I went to
Toshiba and it only took a few minutes to fix the problem. I think it used
the "recovery console" on the XP Pro disk. I have since read that the
recovery console can be installed on the HD to be used with problems like
mine.

Is there any way to install the recovery console on the hard drive, or put
the recovery console on a CD to fix similar problems in the future (the
Portege has no floppy drive, but can access the CD/DVD drive at startup, if
necessary. TIA for any solutions.

Try this KB article.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

Dave

 

[kamiuk]

The MS article doesn't help; I guess the only way to get the recovery
console is to buy a Windows XP Pro CD. It would have been nice if Toshiba,
which doesn't supply anything except the recovery CD, would have installed
the recovery console on the HD as part of the original installation. Thanks
anyway.

 

[da_test]

The MS article doesn't help; I guess the only way to get the recovery
console is to buy a Windows XP Pro CD. It would have been nice if Toshiba,
which doesn't supply anything except the recovery CD, would have installed
the recovery console on the HD as part of the original installation. Thanks
anyway.

Wont Toshiba provide the RC for you?
In my opinion, if you purchased a PC with XP, you should
be entitled to all the tools that are available on the XP CD.
You can thank M$ for the current state of affairs
with "recovery disks"
Dave