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Rebooting from Recovery Console

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by karen_z

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I got the registry file failure in the system root and I've been reading all about it on MS support. My question is is the Recovery Console procedure difficult? I'm fairly computer literate but don't have as much experience with manipulating OS. I've never done this before so should I tackle it or leave it to a more seasoned pro? Thanks!

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by still_learning

In Windows 2000
Insert your install Win2000 CD into your CD-ROM.
Click Start,then Run.At the Run menu,type
X: \i386\winnt32 /cmdcons
x-is the drive letter of your cd-rom
You will be told that Console will take up seven MBs of disk space
The Recovery Console will be added to your Start menu

by ann777

If you have the administrator password, then you should have no problems with Recovery Console.

by karen_z

Okay, after vacation, I finally tackeled the job. Things went well except the copying & replacing of the windows\system32\config\system file. All the other did okay. Is now the time to just do a clean install or is there another way to get that 'system' file back in? (repeating the steps from MS has not worked!)

Thanks!

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