652 Computer Service and Repair
Look closely in the lower left-hand side of the dialog box and you will see
an option to
Repair your
computer. The letter R is underlined, which represents
the fact that you can simply press the letter R on the keyboard to start the repair
process. This feature is a standard option in repair scenarios because the mouse
might not be working, and you may only have use of the keyboard.
The first dialog box to appear requests you to identify the correct drive or
partition to repair. Look at the screen capture in Figure 15-10 to see the first
dialog box as it appears in a repair scenario. The second dialog box to appear
prompts you to select the type of repair, as shown in Figure 15-11. The five
options are as follows:
✔
Startup
Repair.
✔
System
Restore.
✔
Windows Complete PC
Restore.
✔
Windows Memory Diagnostics
Tool.
✔
Command
Prompt.
attrib
Clears or sets file attributes.
bootcfg
Used to recover multiboot system failures and
to reconfigure the
boot.ini
file.
cd
or
chdir
Changes directories or folder location.
chkdsk
Checks for and may repair bad disk sectors
and checks the surface of the disk.
copy
Copies a file.
del
or
delete
Deletes a file.
dir
Displays the contents of a directory.
disable
Disables a service or driver.
diskpart
Manages the partitions on a disk.
enable
Enables a service or file.
exit
Closes the Recovery Console.
expand
Extracts a compressed file known as a cab file.
fixboot
Writes a new boot sector on a partition.
fixmbr
Repairs the master boot record.
format
Formats a partition, volume, or logical drive.
help
Displays a list of Recovery Console commands.
listsvc
Lists all available services and drivers.
logon
Lists all Windows 2000 and XP systems and
lets you log on to one particular system.
md
or
mkdir
Creates a directory or folder.
rd
or
rmdir
Removes a directory or folder.
ren
or
rename
Renames a file.
Command Description
Figure 15-8.
Text-based
commands available
in Recovery Console.