Access the Recovery Console by first booting from the Windows 2000/XP CD, or the four Windows 2000 setup disks or install the console under the boot loader menu and access it from there.
Insert the 1st of the disks and restart the PC. You are directed to insert each of the four disks in turn, and then the Setup screen appears. Type R to select the "To repair a Windows 2000 installation" option, then type C to select the Recovery Console.
Insert each of the disks, restarting the computer after the first disk, which then once restarting, a setup screen appears.
1) insert the first of the four disks and restart the computer. You are directed to insert each disk in turn and then the setup screen appears. 2)type R to select the "to repair the Windows 2000 installation" option. Repair Options window opens and type C to select the Recovery Console
It is a set of four rescue disks.
4 "four" rescue disks.
You have to format your hard drive(s). For that you can use DOS, windows rescue disks, Linux rescue disk (it supports Microsoft formatting).
There are many places where one can purchase recovery disks. One can purchase recovery disks from popular stores such as Best Buy, Walmart, or Target.
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With the recovery disks, just insert disk 1 into your drive, boot laptop to CD and your on the way to recovery.
Vista does not come with Automated System Recovery Disks, but it does have a utility for a user to create them.
I don't believe you can make a "start up disk" in XP. There is a feature called System Recovery. You can find it by clicking Start, then All Programs, then Sytem Recovery, then click on Recovery Media Creator. This creates a set of Recovery Disks.
Four (4) startup disks are needed to boot Windows 2000 from floppy disks.
What you actually want is a Windows recovery disk, you can buy one from Microsoft, or you can create one from an existing Windows system (though I don't remember how, try Googling "system restore disk creation"). Downloading a free disk is illegal under Micro$oft's terms, so you'd be hard-pressed to find a site that offers free Windows recovery disks.