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Can I use a Windows XP CD to repair Windows 2000?

By Trs4L ·
Specifically the recovery console to fix the master boot record and etc.

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FixMBR

by shasca In reply to Can I use a Windows XP CD ...

Here is an indepth document on ways to fix the boot record.

http://www.sysint.no/nedlasting/mbrfix.htm

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Still...

by Trs4L In reply to FixMBR

Is it possible to use a Windows XP for the recovery console on Windows 2000?

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the article

by shasca In reply to Still...

It says in the article that the recovery console is the same in XP, and Win2k. Is that not how you read it?

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In a Word

by IC-IT In reply to Still...
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shhhhhh

by shasca In reply to In a Word

I'm trying to get him to read and do his research. C= C=

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Shhh again?

by Trs4L In reply to shhhhhh

I did do the research and although the recovery console is compatible, I was talking about the ability to repair system files. It's fine, however, as I have rectified the issue. Thank you.

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