Windows server 2003 recovery console install

Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Once the Recovery Console has started, as shown in Figure , you will be prompted to select the installation of Windows to which you wish to log on.

You will then be asked to enter the Administrator password. You must use the password assigned to the local Administrator account, which, on a domain controller, is the password configured on the Directory Services Restore Mode Password page of the Active Directory Installation Wizard. You can type help at the console prompt to list the commands available in the Recovery Console, and help command name for information about a specific command.

Most are familiar commands from the standard command-line environment. Several of the commands deserve particular attention. This is a useful way to discover the short name for a service or driver before using the Enable and Disable commands. If a service or driver is preventing the operating system from starting successfully, use the Recovery Console's Disable command to disable the component: Then restart the system and repair or uninstall the component.

You can then use the Format command to configure a file system for a partition. The Recovery Console has several limitations imposed for security purposes.

Be sure to include the space on either side of the equal sign when typing the set command. The recovery features discussed so far in this chapter assume that you either have a functioning network connection to the server or have physical access to the server so that you can log on locally. On the General tab, click Expand File.

In the File to restore box, type the name of the file you want to expand. Or, to locate the file you want to replace, click Browse File , and then click Open. In the Restore from box, type the path from which to restore the file.

Or, to locate the source file you want to expand on your Windows Server installation disk, click Browse From , and then click Open.