XP Recovery Console Question

[Steve Nielsen]

Can an XP Pro CD be used to run chkdsk /r on an XP Home installation?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The CHKDSK /R function does not require a XP CD.
Only the SFC /SCANNOW command requires the XP CD,
which must be the same version as the installed version.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Can an XP Pro CD be used to run chkdsk /r on an XP Home installation?
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| Thanks,
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| Steve
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[Norm]

How could you run chkdsk if you couldn't boot into xp?

 

[Steve Nielsen]

Thanks for the reply Carey, I understand that but you can't run CHKDSK
from the HDD if it won't boot and the user has no XP Home CD for the
system. So what I am asking is can she boot from an XP Pro CD and run
CHKDSK from that to fix her drive errors? I'm not talking about doing a
repair install, just CHKDSK.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Steve Nielsen]

Ok, we found out by trying. For future reference booting from the XP Pro
CD and entering Recovery Console allowed loggin into XP Home on the
drive and running CHKDSK from C: drive. Problem solved.
Thanks for the replies.

Steve