Quite often there are situations when WindowsXP flatly refuses to boot. The cause of such a situation can be system failures due to a drop in electricity, as a result of viruses or other various factors. The risk of a similar problem arises in direct proportion to the period of use of the system, which makes a long time of operation without reinstalling a rather risky event.
In such cases, it is usual to save information from the local “C” disk and continue working with the system, using methods such as:
- return to the last save point;
- Download the latest successful configuration;
- log in safe mode.
However, often these methods can no longer help.At the same time, few people know about such a simple, but effective method - repair Windows XP using the Recovery Console. The process is really very simple, so restoring Windows using the console will not cause any difficulties even for an unprepared user. However, this will require a disk with Windows XP.
To start the recovery of Windows XPthrough the recovery console, you need to insert the disk into the computer and restart it. At the beginning of the computer boot, you should click the “delete” button, which will allow you to enter the “bios” settings. There, in the boot priority, you need to set the first choice to “CD-Rom” and press the “F10” button, and then confirm the changes with the “Y” key (which means “Yes”). The computer will restart and during bootup will check for a disc in the drive, prompting you to confirm by pressing any button on the keyboard that you really need to boot from the disc in the drive.
Next, the Windows XP distribution will be loaded intoRAM, and a blue screen will appear, which will offer to install or repair Windows. Recovery of Windows XP using the recovery console will succeed if the user presses the “R” key, i.e. select the item "restore".
After confirming the selection, the message will appearasking "which system do you need to log in". As a rule, the user has only one OS on the PC, which is why they choose it. Then enter the administrator password (if needed) and press the "Enter" button.
The next step will be the appearance of the inscription "C:windows> ”, where you need to enter:“ fixboot ”, after which you need to confirm with the“ Y ”button the installation in sector“ C ”. Then it will load into the sector, after which it will appear again: “C: windows>”, where we enter “fixmbr”. On the screen you will see a warning sign, when it appears, you need to press the "Y" button.
After that, the main download will start recording tohard disk, after which a notification about its successful completion will appear. At the invitation "C: windows>", you will need to answer "Exit". The computer will restart, and it will be possible to reuse all the information previously contained in it.
It must be remembered that recovery of Windows XP using the Recovery Console is possible if it is the main system and there are no parallel operating systems installed.
A user who knows how to restore Windows XP using the Recovery Console will always be able to return access to important information.
