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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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