Using the Recovery Console:
If computer is not started in any advanced mode then we can use recovery console to boot o/s successfully.
It is designed for administrator and advanced user. Through the recovery console, we can perform the following task.

• Copy, replace, and rename o/s files and folders.
• Enable and disable system services and device driver.
• Repair the boot sector or the MBR
• Create and format partition

Note: Recovery console can only be used on X86 based servers, not support Itanium computers.

Starting the recovery console:
We can start recovery console through two methods:
i) Starting the recovery console with windows 2003 server CD

• Boot from windows 2003 server CD
• Welcome to setup screen, press R to repair windows installation using recovery console
• At the prompt, type administrator password, recovery console will start.

Adding the recovery console to windows 2003 server startup:
This option is useful in the event of system failure and takes 7 mbof disk space to hold CMDCONS folder and files.

• Insert windows 2003 server CD into Cdrom
• Go to run and type        E:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
• Ok
• yes
• ok
• Restart computer.

Using the recovery console commands:
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administrator passwordß
c:/windows>help

Commands:

attrib	Changes the attributes of a file or directory
batch	Executes the commands specified in the test file.
bootcfg	Boot-file configuration and recovery (C: \windows>bootcfg  /rebuild )
chdir (cd)	Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory.
chkdsk	Checks a disk and display a status report.
expand	Used to extract compressed file such as cab file
fixboot	Used to write a new boot sector onto the system partition.
fixmbr	Used to repair the MBR of boot partition.
listsvc	Lists the all available services and drivers on the computer.
map	To display the current drive letter mapping.
logon	Used to logon to other windows installation as administrator.
diskpart	Used to manage disk partition.
disable	Used to disable system services and driver.
enable	Used to enable system services and driver.
Systemroot	It specify the current directory of windows.