How to get into Windows XP recovery console without a Windows XP CD.
Question
How to get into Windows XP recovery console without a Windows XP CD.
Additional information
Users who have purchased their computer from an OEM or with a pre-installed version of Microsoft Windows XP may get a Recovery CD or another non Microsoft Windows XP CD. Unfortunately these CD's often do not have the recovery console feature found with the standard Microsoft Windows XP CD.
Answer
Because not all recovery CD's provided by OEM's provide access to the recovery console Microsoft has made a set of boot disks that can be downloaded and used to get into the recovery console. A link to these downloadable diskettes can be found on our boot disk page.