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jondow
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hi all, i would like to install the recovery console on my pc, i did not get an xp home disc when i bought my system its on a partition on my hardrive i have a large I386 folder in windows, ive seen it can be installed through combo fix ive searched the web user forum & googled so ive got all sorts of info on this just wondered wheather anyone else has installed recov con on xp home sp2 who is in the same situation as me without an xp home disc. cheers.
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RichieP
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You can create the 6 boot disks to laod the XP setup, which you can use to run the Recovery Console.
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jondow
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thanks RichieP for that 6 boot discs info, do you not recommend combo to do this for me or is that only for people who have the xpcd
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RichieP
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I'm not sure what you mean by using Combo Fix. The only time I've seen that used is to remove spyware.
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greysts
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Our Hijack This experts use ComboFix for a variety of things but particularly for finding and removing malware. Because there is a virus in the wild that attacks the Master Boot Record and it can only be fixed by running FIXMBR from within the Recovery Console, they have adapted ComboFix to take the download files from Microsoft that Richie refers to and then slipstream them into Combofix so that the Recovery Console is installed as part of the overall malware fix.
ComboFix is a very powerful tool and should never be used without advice from our HJT experts. It also has built into it a timer that will only allow the very latest version to work so copying the file from someone else's HJT fix won't work. It certainly should not be used simply to install the Recovery Console.
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jondow
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nice1 richie i will make 6 floppy boot discs from the link you provided.
@greysts, im training at malwareremoval & i see this alot where combo is used to install recovery console, thanks for your info
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outsider
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Hi jondow
You said that you did not get a recovery disk with your new pc, some computers do not come with the cd you use one or two of your keyboard keys to do a restall
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jondow
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hello outsider i got a reload/back up cd with my pc but i dident get a microsoft windows xp home cd, ive just had a look on the reload cd & there is an option to repair boot sectors i thought if i had any problem booting up i would be in s**t street hence the fact i want to install the recovery console, im going with Richie link on the 6 floppy to install my recovery console have you got it installed on your system?
Edited by jondow (Mon Feb 04 2008 10:45 PM)
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outsider
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Hi jondow
No i have not got it on my system if i had my problems i just did a reinstall,and up to now thats work ok for me.
But remember if you go done that road back up the stuff you wont as a reinstall will wipe you disk clean
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