How to repair XP professional? what is "recovery Console" number?
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The last thing you can do is to copy all your important data to a clean and formatted drive or even another HDD(by making it slave and connectin it to the IDE channel) and then formatting your Windows drive and doing a new Windows installation.
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Install something else FIRST.   If you have a Windows XP home, install that.   Check the BOX that your XP pro came with.  It should say what you have to start with.
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This link will tell you how to reinstall system restore.  You will also see a link for a free system repair.\n\nhttp://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairsr.htm
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1..If you have the  Genuine XP CD  use it to repair.\n   Update XP.  from Update site. \n2. Always use System Restore  to correct any\n    problem in XP.  \n3.Uninstall any program which returns an error message. \n4. What error you are getting in XP  ?\n5. Run Dr Watson .
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Hi,\n\nAt http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1747010,00.asp\nyou have a guide for doing this. \n\nBelow is the first page. Visit the above link and you will see the complete guide. Visit the link for the complete guide.It is from PC Mag. and a good source of info.\n__________________________________________________\nBuild an XP-SP2 Recovery Disc \n01.12.05 \n \n \nIf you have questions about this article, see the answers to some common questions here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/pcmag. \n  Total posts: 88  \n  \n\nBy David A. Karp  \nOdds are your PC came with a recovery disc, a CD with all the programs and drivers that were installed on its hard drive when it was new. The odds are also that you have absolutely no idea where that disc is.\n\nThe good news is that it probably doesn't matter. First, the recovery discs provided by most PC manufacturers are designed for a single purpose: to restore your computer to the state it was in when you bought it. This process typically involves wiping your hard drive clean and then reinstalling Microsoft Windows and the handful of programs originally included with your PC. Unless you're preparing the whole kit and caboodle to sell on eBay, this is probably not something you'll ever need.\n\n\nSecond, the hardware drivers on your recovery CD are probably out of date, either made obsolete by newer and better versions available online, or simply irrelevant because of new hardware you've installed.\n\nSo, instead of fretting about the old recovery CD, why not take a few minutes and make one of your own?\n\n*** see site for the rest
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yo boobooed\nthe easiest fix, is to boot from your windows xp cd, and when given options, the first time it asks, say intstall, the secon time say repair, it will do a non-destructive install and replace any bad or missing files or associations.\nYou could check in the recycle bin and if it is in there, restore it
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Usually this happens due to a hard disk failure, in the system area. Use the XP installation CDROM to start your PC. When prompted, type R to enter the recovery console. Once there, use the CHKDSK command (U will have to type it at the MS-DOS like prompt which appears) and hit enter.\nUsually this solves the problem.
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try checking ur disk by using chkdsk on ur drive \nor alternatively have the recovery console for that operatign system
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Kindly disregard the previous advice, as it doesn't pertain to your problem.\n\nTo fix your problem, boot to your Windows CD and perform a "repair installation". \n\nHere are instructions, with screen shots, on how to do that:\n\nhttp://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm#How%20to%20Repair%20Windows%20XP%20by%20Installing%20Over%20top%20of%20Existing%20Setup:\n\nNote: When you get to the page you may have to scroll to the link that says "How To Run A Repair Install"
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Have you got a recovery disk?\n\nIf yes try that.\n\nIf no, seek expert help.\n\n///
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Win XP, that means you have System restore, use it, \nAccesories--------->System Tools------------>System restore.
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Have you got an XP cd? Boot from this and do a repair installation. It will check for missing files and replace them
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No cds? Gonna be hard unless Dell Has a System Recovery Software installed on the system so look for that program. If not try the system restore feature for Windows in System Tools under accessories. If nothing, borrow a ORIGINAL copy of Windows XP Setup CD and reinstall windows. Laterz
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Set the BIOS to to boot from the XP CD, it should detect the disk and give\na brief message, during the boot up, if you wish to boot from the CD press\nany key. Do it.\n\nOnce you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference\nasking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you\nwish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let\nsetup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.\n\nThen it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen\nwith the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation\nusing the Recovery console.\n\nThe first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to\npress enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup\nwill then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your\nversion, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or\ninstall fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there\non, follow the screens.\n\nhttp://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm\nhttp://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm\nhttp://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
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Do you have a MS-DOS boot diskette?  \n\nOr better yet, place the Microsoft Windows CD or another restore or recovery cd that came with your computer in the CD tray during initial bootup and you should enter the recovery console.\n\nTo repair a Windows 2000 installation, press R. \nTo repair a Windows 2000 installation by using the recovery console, press C
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If you can't actually get anything to come up - by that I mean that you never even see the initial Windows logo, you can run the Recovery console from your Windows XP Installation CD.\n\nThis article: Windows XP Crashed? Here's Help gives a step-by-step overview of the process. This also applies if you didn't install the recovery console beforehand.\n\nRegardless of how you got there, the recovery console will allow you to copy files, perhaps undo a recent installation, or fix the master boot record, should that have become corrupt.\n\nIf that doesn't work perhaps maybe hardware problem: Default/Old  Hard drive, Ram, Video Card.....
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You will not lose your saved filr by repairing window\n\nTry to repair it with the following steps\n\n\nMake sure the BIOS is set to boot from the CD (put the CD above the HD in the boot order) \nInsert the XP CD and boot to it \nWhen you see " To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER", go ahead and press ENTER \nYou will now see an option to repair Windows by pressing "R". Do not select this option - it will only take you to the Recovery Console which is not what we want to do. Instead, choose to continue the installation \nWhen you see the license agreement, press F8 to agree \nOn the next screen make sure your current XP installation is selected and then press "R" to repair XP \nAt this point XP will begin to install on top of itself, replacing damaged, missing or altered system files. Follow the instructions on the remaining screens to complete the Repair Install. It will look very much like a normal (new) OS installation.