Use Windows Recovery Console for recovering the lost data

Corruption of Windows operating system is a very common issue, which often puts you in the desert of empty disk that is data loss. One of the main reasons for the corruption of Windows operating system is the damage of file system. Once the file system is damaged, Windows cannot boot and you need to repair the operating system. If you do not repair the operating system then you face data loss. Most of the guys do not repair the corrupt operating system rather bear data loss. Reason behind that is lack of the knowledge about the process of repairing the damaged operating system. Today, you acknowledge the process of repairing the corrupt operating system using Windows built in Recovery Console. However, for that you first need to install the Recovery console.

Install Recovery Console

Execute following steps to install Windows XP recovery console:

1. Insert the CD of Windows XP in the CD-ROM of your computer.

2. Click Start > Run.

3. Type d:\i386\winnt32.exe/cmdcons. Here, d is the letter of the CD – ROM drive.

4. Click the Yes button to start the installation process.

5. Restart your computer.

When you restart your computer system, Microsoft Windows Recovery console appears on Windows start up.

Use Recovery Console

Follow the below mentioned steps for using Windows Recovery console:

1. Switch on your computer system.

2. Press the ‘R’ key when you see the “Welcome to Setup” screen. The Windows Recovery Console starts.

3. In case, you have multi-boot computer then select the operating system for which you want to use the Recovery console.

4. Type the administrator’s password. If no password was assigned to the admin account then simple press the ENTER key.

5. Use required commands for repairing Windows XP and getting lost data. If you do not know that which command should be executed then type help at the command prompt and you will see a list of the commands that can be used for recovering data.

6. After using the Recovery console, type exit on the command prompt to close the Recovery console and restart your computer system.

This way, you can repair the damaged operating system and recover the data stored on computer’s hard disk. However, using the Recovery Console require advance knowledge about its commands. If you do not have good knowledge about the Windows Recovery console then do not use it. Rather use Kernel for NTFS – Recover NTFS Data software, which is self-explaining and simple-to-use software designed for repairing the damaged Windows operating systems. The Recover NTFS Data software can be used to recover data lost from any of the Windows operating system, such as Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.