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The Recovery Console in Windows 2000/XP is designed such that it lets a user with Administrative privileges to boot a system into a text mode console. Apart from this it lets the user perform the following tasks:
Formatting drives (partitions)
Start and stop Services
Read and Write Files
Repairing a corrupt Master Boot Record (MBR)
Repairing a non-booting system
Recovery Console can be accessed from Windows 2000/XP setup by booting the computer with the operating system CDROM. On boot up, you will be presented with a choice of menu .Select Repair option by pressing R key.
The next screen provides you with two options namely Repair a Windows 2000 installation by using the Recovery Console, or by using the emergency repair process. Select repair by using recovery console and then press C to continue.
