FIXMBR » administrator http://fixmbr.net FIXMBR is a computer repair training site for my students. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:50:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Recovery Console http://fixmbr.net/recovery-console/recovery-console/ http://fixmbr.net/recovery-console/recovery-console/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:35:12 +0000 gfrench http://fixmbr.net/?p=19 The Recovery Console can be used to boot your computer and recover files and fix several computer related problems.  There are many commands that can be accessed in Recovery Console, including the ability to start or [...]]]> The Recovery Console can be used to boot your computer and recover files and fix several computer related problems.  There are many commands that can be accessed in Recovery Console, including the ability to start or stop services, some admin tasks, format hard drives, and read and edit NTFS file system files.

You can start Recovery Console by rebooting your computer to the Windows setup install CD. You will need to set your BIOS so that the computer will first boot from the CDROM.

Once started you will need to select the operating system and use your administrator password to logon.

Once logged on you can use the help command to view all the different commands available.  Some of these commands are del (delete file), copy (copy file), md (make directory, rd (remove directory), attrib (change the attributes of a file), chkdsk (checks hard disk and provide a report), dir (displays files in a directory), and exit (exits the Recovery Console and restarts your computer)

The command FIXMBR can be used to correct or repair the MBR (master boot record) file.  The MBR file is in the first sector of the hard drive and contains partition information needed for the operating system to boot and recognize the different partitions and logical drives available.

The Recovery Console can be very useful for repairing files and recovering or correcting a non functioning operating system or faulty hard drive.

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