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1.8.2 Using the Recovery Console
The Recovery Console provides you with a limited set of DOS-based administrative commands that you can
use to repair your Windows Server 2003 installation. A list of the Recovery Console commands is shown in
Table 1.5. Before you can use these commands, however, you must supply the password for the local
Administrator account.
TABLE 1.5: Some Recovery Console commands
Command
Description
attrib
Changes the attribute of the selected file or folder
chdir
or
cd
Displays the name of the current folder or changes the current
folder
chkdsk
Checks a hard drive and displays a status report
copy
Copies a single file from a stiffy drive or CD-Rom drive to the
hard drive
delete
or
del
Deletes one or more files
dir
Displays a list of files and subfolders in a folder
diskpart
Launches the disk partitioning utility
disable
Disables the specified service or a device driver
enable
Starts or enables the specified service or a device driver
exit
Exits the Recovery Console and restarts your computer
fdisk
Manages partitions on your hard disks
fixboot
Writes a new partition boot sector onto the system partition
fixmbr
Repairs the master boot record of the partition boot sector
format
Formats a disk
help
Lists all of the Recovery Console commands
listsvc
Lists the device drivers and services that are currently installed
on the computer. Use this command to identify the service or
device driver that you want to
disable
or
enable
logon
Takes you back to the first prompt of the Recovery Console so
you can choose another installation to repair
map
Displays the drive letter mappings currently in place
mkdir [drive:]path
or
md [drive:]path
Creates a folder at the specified
path
on the specified
drive
rmdir
[drive:]path
or
rd [drive:]path
Deletes the folder at the specified
path
on the specified
drive
.
You cannot delete a folder is it contains files or subfolders.
rename
or
ren
Renames a single file
systemroot
Sets the current folder to the systemroot folder of the system that
you are currently logged on to
type
Displays the content of the specified text file
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