Recovery Console commands

The following commands can be used with the Recovery Console. For more information about each command, type the command name followed by /? in the Recovery Console.

For more information about the Recovery Console, see "Tools for Troubleshooting" at the Microsoft Windows Resource Kits Web site. (http://www.microsoft.com/)

• Attrib

Changes the attributes of a file or directory.

• Batch

Executes the commands specified in the text file.

• Bootcfg

Boot file (boot.ini) configuration and recovery.

• ChDir (Cd)

Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory.

• Chkdsk

Checks a disk and displays a status report.

• Cls

Clears the screen.

• Copy

Copies a single file to another location.

• Delete (Del)

Deletes one or more files.

• Dir

Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.

• Disable

Disables a system service or a device driver.

• Diskpart

Manages partitions on your hard drives.

• Enable

Starts or enables a system service or a device driver.

• Exit

Exits the Recovery Console and restarts your computer.

• Expand

Extracts a file from a compressed file.

• Fixboot

Writes a new partition boot sector onto the system partition.

• Fixmbr

Repairs the master boot record of the partition boot sector.

• Format

Formats a disk.

• Help

Displays a list of the commands you can use in the Recovery Console.

• Listsvc

Lists the services and drivers available on the computer.

• Logon

Logs on to an Windows operating system installation.

• Map

Displays the drive letter mappings.

• Mkdir (Md)

Creates a directory.

• More (Type)

Displays a text file.

• Rename (Ren)

Renames a single file.

• Rmdir (Rd)

Deletes a directory.

• Set

Displays and sets environment variables.

• Systemroot

Sets the current directory to the systemroot directory of the system you are currently logged on to.