Guest michael brooks Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Friends, I have a Toshiba satellite A75 S1253--it didn't come with an XP installateion CD, just a recovery DVD which can either wipe the hard drive and start over, or reinstall selected apps. I'm interested in being able to run the recovery console, to be able to format and partition external drives or do other such tasks. One helpful person gave a link to a MS page to download XP diskettes onto floppies--but I don't have a floppy drive. It occured to me that maybe I could just use a friend's installation CD to install the Recovery Console as a startup option. Toshiba tech support thought this was not a good idea, since their OEM version of Windows may differ from the usual commercial version. I don't quite understand this. What do you think? And would it matter if I install the recovery console from an XP professional CD or XP home (I'm running XP home, SP2). Or if that's not a good idea, how could it conceivably hurt just to run the recovery console from someone else's installation CD? thanks for any insights
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Re: can I install XP recovery console on Toshiba laptop? "michael brooks" <msb107@gnnx.net> wrote in message news:eem%23mBGBIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Friends, > I have a Toshiba satellite A75 S1253--it didn't come with an XP > installateion CD, just a recovery DVD which can either wipe the hard drive > and start over, or reinstall selected apps. > > I'm interested in being able to run the recovery console, to be able to > format and partition external drives or do other such tasks. > > One helpful person gave a link to a MS page to download XP diskettes onto > floppies--but I don't have a floppy drive. > > It occured to me that maybe I could just use a friend's installation CD to > install the Recovery Console as a startup option. Toshiba tech support > thought this was not a good idea, since their OEM version of Windows may > differ from the usual commercial version. I don't quite understand this. > What do you think? And would it matter if I install the recovery console > from an XP professional CD or XP home (I'm running XP home, SP2). Or if > that's not a good idea, how could it conceivably hurt just to run the > recovery console from someone else's installation CD? > > thanks for any insights > > I think you can install it, regardless of your version of Windows. However, the Recovery Console is rather limited in its functionality. You would be much better off with a Bart PE boot CD. It requires more effort to make one but it's well worth the trouble. And it's free!
Guest michael brooks Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: can I install XP recovery console on Toshiba laptop? Pegasus, many thanks for your suggestion! "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:%23A7zwFGBIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "michael brooks" <msb107@gnnx.net> wrote in message > news:eem%23mBGBIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Friends, >> I have a Toshiba satellite A75 S1253--it didn't come with an XP >> installateion CD, just a recovery DVD which can either wipe the hard >> drive and start over, or reinstall selected apps. >> >> I'm interested in being able to run the recovery console, to be able to >> format and partition external drives or do other such tasks. >> >> One helpful person gave a link to a MS page to download XP diskettes onto >> floppies--but I don't have a floppy drive. >> >> It occured to me that maybe I could just use a friend's installation CD >> to install the Recovery Console as a startup option. Toshiba tech support >> thought this was not a good idea, since their OEM version of Windows may >> differ from the usual commercial version. I don't quite understand this. >> What do you think? And would it matter if I install the recovery console >> from an XP professional CD or XP home (I'm running XP home, SP2). Or if >> that's not a good idea, how could it conceivably hurt just to run the >> recovery console from someone else's installation CD? >> >> thanks for any insights >> >> > > I think you can install it, regardless of your version of Windows. > However, the Recovery Console is rather limited in its functionality. > You would be much better off with a Bart PE boot CD. It requires > more effort to make one but it's well worth the trouble. And it's free! >
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