windows xp recovery console

[Guest]

this thread is answering to my other threads reply (the MS-DOS scan disk in
windows xp thread)
im on the recovery console but i don't know the adminstrators password so
how can i use this recovery console?

 

[Malke]

this thread is answering to my other threads reply (the MS-DOS scan
disk in windows xp thread)
im on the recovery console but i don't know the adminstrators password
so how can i use this recovery console?

Just use a blank password.

Malke

 

[Guest]

wot do you mean blank password? its asking what the password is.. not asking
me to type a new password. i don't this adminstrators password so wot am i
suppose to do??
plus i think the reason why windows isn't starting up cos of the primary
slave drive. when ever i boot the computer it say pri slave not detected. i
don't what happened.. i was using the computer and it did the checking of the
FAT32 system for consistency but i accidently pulled the plug and computer
switched off.. when i switched it back on again it wouldn't load up windows
and said that msg about the pri slave.
so if i bought a recovery disk do you think it will return to normal?? or
would i have to take it to someone for repairs??

 

[T. Waters]

She meant to just hit enter.
If you have an OEM computer, and your restoration method is with and OEM
"recovery" CD, then that would give you normal OS software again. But, your
files would be gone, your settings would be gone, and you would have to
reinstall your applications and updates.

 

[Rock]

wot do you mean blank password? its asking what the password is.. not asking
me to type a new password. i don't this adminstrators password so wot am i
suppose to do??
plus i think the reason why windows isn't starting up cos of the primary
slave drive. when ever i boot the computer it say pri slave not detected. i
don't what happened.. i was using the computer and it did the checking of the
FAT32 system for consistency but i accidently pulled the plug and computer
switched off.. when i switched it back on again it wouldn't load up windows
and said that msg about the pri slave.
so if i bought a recovery disk do you think it will return to normal?? or
would i have to take it to someone for repairs??

:

Assuming you didn't set a password on this account, assume it's blank
and just hit enter.

 

[NobodyMan]

Assuming you didn't set a password on this account, assume it's blank
and just hit enter.

Also, please reply to your already existing post. Many people,
reading this post, will have no idea what your first post was about.
Further, by starting a new thread, you have now fragmented the
original discussion and it is bound to go off in different directions.

 

[Guest]

please help on the windows xp recovery console im upto the command prompt and
when i type in chkdsk this comes up "type the full path including drive
letter for the location of autochk.exe" i don't know what to put in. please
help!!

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Assuming XP is installed on C:, its C:\Windows\System32

 

[Guest]

does it matter if i typed in C:\WINDOWS\I386 ??

Assuming XP is installed on C:, its C:\Windows\System32

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

I've never seen the prompt that you're describing. Typically the files in the I386 folder are compressed (not zipped), and are there for the purposes of basic driver installation and adding Windows Components from Add/Remove Programs. Few of the files in I386 will actually run. You should have given it C:\Windows\System32, as that's where the executable version of AUTOCHK.EXE resides.

 

[Guest]

this prompt came up when i searched my files on my laptop for autochk.exe and
several files came up including the one u told me to use. ive already started
the autochk using that prompt and its checking the system. thank you for your
help next i will use the prompt u told me.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're welcome, good luck!

 

[Guest]

on the windows xp recovery console what is fixboot? can anyone please explain
it to me. i did the autochk recovery console but it stopped and said there
are "several unrecoverable files" does this mean i cant fix my computer?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It depends on which files can't be recovered.

More information on FIXBOOT can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixboot.mspx

Basically, though, it re-writes the partition boot sector. This command line utility should be used with caution.

FIXBOOT /? will give you a list of the command line options.