The Recovery Console is computer software to help diagnose and fix system problems. One can either access it from the Windows installation CD or from the PC boot menu and use it to fix any issues.
Diskpart CommandThe diskpart command is a Recovery Console command used to create or delete partitions on hard drives.
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Recovery Console
The Windows Recovery Console was featured on Windows 2000, XP and 2003. The user needed to install the Recovery Console from the Windows CD-ROM before being able to use it. This can be accomplished by starting the computer with the Windows CD-ROM in the drive and hitting the "R" key during setup. From there, the Recovery Console will be installed and accessed.
In order to run the Recovery Console, a user has to have elevated rights. The administrator is the one who has those rights. As such, the admin password will be required.
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If the registry is so corrupted that the Recovery Console cannot read the password in order to validate it, you are not asked for the password, but you are limited in what you can do at the Recovery Console.
If "Recovery Console: Allow automatic administrative logon" is enabled. If "Recovery Console: Allow automatic administrative logon" is enabled. Also, if the registry is corrupted to the point that it cannot read the password, you are not asked to provide one, and are limited to what you can do in Recovery Console.