How to Install the Recovery Console

Personally I think this should be available in the F8 boot options menu, but hey who cares what I think. If you want an option for the recovery console, then you're in the right place.

It's fairly simple:

  1. Insert your Windows XP CD
  2. Click 'Start' and 'Run'
  3. Type in 'x:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons' and click Open/press enter.
    x represents whatever drive letter your CD drive is using.

It's entirely up to you whether you skip the update process or not, I do.