I had bought the OEM version of XP x64 and installed it some time ago. The
install disk got badly scratched (my fault but bad packaging) and will no
longer boot so I can't get to the recovery console from the CD. I have now
bought the non-OEM version of XP x64 and will install that soon. It
apparently has SP2 slipstreamed. Will I be able to install the recovery
console to the HD? It would be much easier.

Re: XP x64 Recovery Console by Dennis

Dennis
Fri Jun 01 19:15:29 CDT 2007

Marty:
The MS TechNet article at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/721d744c-74e0-4b3b-bf7a-753d5bf52bdb1033.mspx?mfr=true
gives installation instructions for WS2003 which should be the same for XP
x64. One note is that the recovery console has to match the version (SP1 or
SP2) that you're running. Have a great day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
Office Prof. Plus 2007
"Marty Felker" <martyfelker@swva.net> wrote in message
news:uG39qfKpHHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I had bought the OEM version of XP x64 and installed it some time ago. The
>install disk got badly scratched (my fault but bad packaging) and will no
>longer boot so I can't get to the recovery console from the CD. I have now
>bought the non-OEM version of XP x64 and will install that soon. It
>apparently has SP2 slipstreamed. Will I be able to install the recovery
>console to the HD? It would be much easier.
>