can I install XP recovery console on Toshiba laptop?

[michael brooks]

Friends,
I have a Toshiba satellite A75 S1253--it didn't come with an XP
installateion CD, just a recovery DVD which can either wipe the hard drive
and start over, or reinstall selected apps.

I'm interested in being able to run the recovery console, to be able to
format and partition external drives or do other such tasks.

One helpful person gave a link to a MS page to download XP diskettes onto
floppies--but I don't have a floppy drive.

It occured to me that maybe I could just use a friend's installation CD to
install the Recovery Console as a startup option. Toshiba tech support
thought this was not a good idea, since their OEM version of Windows may
differ from the usual commercial version. I don't quite understand this.
What do you think? And would it matter if I install the recovery console
from an XP professional CD or XP home (I'm running XP home, SP2). Or if
that's not a good idea, how could it conceivably hurt just to run the
recovery console from someone else's installation CD?

thanks for any insights

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Friends,
I have a Toshiba satellite A75 S1253--it didn't come with an XP
installateion CD, just a recovery DVD which can either wipe the hard drive
and start over, or reinstall selected apps.

I'm interested in being able to run the recovery console, to be able to
format and partition external drives or do other such tasks.

One helpful person gave a link to a MS page to download XP diskettes onto
floppies--but I don't have a floppy drive.

It occured to me that maybe I could just use a friend's installation CD to
install the Recovery Console as a startup option. Toshiba tech support
thought this was not a good idea, since their OEM version of Windows may
differ from the usual commercial version. I don't quite understand this.
What do you think? And would it matter if I install the recovery console
from an XP professional CD or XP home (I'm running XP home, SP2). Or if
that's not a good idea, how could it conceivably hurt just to run the
recovery console from someone else's installation CD?

thanks for any insights

I think you can install it, regardless of your version of Windows.
However, the Recovery Console is rather limited in its functionality.
You would be much better off with a Bart PE boot CD. It requires
more effort to make one but it's well worth the trouble. And it's free!

 

[michael brooks]

Pegasus, many thanks for your suggestion!

I think you can install it, regardless of your version of Windows.
However, the Recovery Console is rather limited in its functionality.
You would be much better off with a Bart PE boot CD. It requires
more effort to make one but it's well worth the trouble. And it's free!