The Windows Recovery Environmental Command Prompt

Question 1

Windows Recovery Environment

Answer 1

-Very Powerful

• Very Dangerous
  
  • Last restart

-Complete control

• Break / Fix
  
  • Use copy , rename , or replace OS files & folders
  • Enable / disable service or device startup
  • Repair file system boot sector or MBR

Question 2

Starting the Console

Answer 2

• Windows Vista - System Recovery Options / Command prompt
  
  • Boot from Windows Vista installations media
• Windows 7 - System Recovery Option / Command Prompt
  
  • Boot from installation media
  • Or select F8 Advanced Boot Menu
• Windows 8 / 8.1 - Troubleshoot / Advanced Options / Command Prompt
  
  • Boot from installation media

Question 3

Master Boot Record

MBR

Answer 3

• The first sector of the boot disk
  
  • Not located in a partition
• Knows about all the disk partition
  
  • The master list

-Knows location of Active Bootable partition

• Problems with MBR
  
  • Error loading Operating System
  • Missing Operating System

Question 4

Fixing the Master Boot Record

MBR

Answer 4

• Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1
  
  • Start command prompt
• BOOTREC / FixMbr
  
  • Fix the Master Boot Record on physical drive

Question 5

Partition Boot Sector

Answer 5

• Also called the Volume Boot Record
  
  • Not the Master
• Starts the OS Bootloader
  
  • Windows Boot Manager (vista , 7 , 8 / 8.1)

-Problems with the Boot Sector

• BOOTREC / fixboot
  
  • Writes new boot sector

Question 6

Rebuilding the Boot Config Data

Answer 6

• BOOTREC / RebuildBcd

- Creates a new Boot Configuration Data Store