The Recovery Console can be an indispensable diagnostic tool when your Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003 based computer suffers from certain major problems.
A number of commands are available within Recovery Console, some of them exclusive to the tool. When used, these commands can do things as simple as copying a file from one place to another or as complicated as repairing the master boot record after a major virus attack.
See below for a complete list of Recovery Console commands:
The diskpart command is used to create or delete partitions on hard drives.
The enable command is used to enable a system service or a device driver.
The exit command ends the Recovery Console session and then restarts the computer.
The expand command is used to extract a single file or a group of files from a compressed file.
The fixboot command writes a new partition boot sector to the system partition that you specify.
The fixmbr command writes a new master boot record to the hard disk drive that you specify.
The format command is used to format a drive in the file system that you specify.
The help command provides more detailed information on any of the other Recovery Console commands.
The listsvc command will list the services and drivers available in your Windows installation.
The logon command is used to gain access to the Windows installation that you specify.
