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Win 2K Recovery Console

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by abruzzo

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I am trying to load the recovery console in Win 2k professional from the software CD in Drive E. I use the command E:\i386\winnt32 /cmdcons. When it tries to load I get an error than says cannot load OEM media from source. Finally after several windows it says startup files may be missing from the root directory. This machine runs fine otherwise. I did the same procedure on another "sister machine" and it worked fine. Any Idea what files may be missing or whats wrong. I know you can use theRC from the CD but it takes alot longer

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by dmiles

I can only think that you are missing something in the path address,check that you have not typed it in as you have here
(cd-rom drive letter)drive:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
For futher reference see Microsoft knowledgebase article Q216417

by abruzzo

This answer didnot solve problem I used Path as follows E:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons. This still faied and this is the right path. Still need ideas

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