Add Recovery Console to Windows 7/Vista System (1)

Recovery Console is a command line-based repair platform for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003. It is equivalent to the "Repair Computer" - "System Recovery Option" provided by the Windows Vista installer - " Command prompt", used to manually repair the system by command line when Windows fails to start. The Recovery Console can be started directly from the Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 installation CD; it can also be installed into the hard disk via the WINNT32 /CMDCONS command to form a multiple boot with the existing Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003.

It is well known that Windows Vista and above (Windows Server 2008, Windows 7) does not provide a Recovery Console. However, in the Group Policy Editor for Windows Vista, expand Computer Configuration - Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies - Security Options, two options that are set for the Recovery Console Recovery Console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and folders", "Recovery Console: Allow automatic system management level login" still exists. I have never understood that since Windows Vista does not provide a recovery console, what is the significance of Group Policy still retaining these two options?

Recently, I accidentally discovered a Windows XP computer. The Recovery Console was installed on the hard disk via WINNT32 /CMDCONS, and then the computer was upgraded to Windows Vista without uninstalling the Recovery Console. Windows Vista's BOOTMGR boot menu retains the previous Windows XP NTLDR boot menu option, the failback console still exists, and automatically auto-upgrades with Windows Vista after the upgrade, and it works fine. It seems that the Recovery Console is not completely impossible to coexist with Windows Vista. The reason why Group Policy still retains those two options is perhaps for this particular situation.

Of course, this is just my personal guess, maybe not right. Moreover, the author did not conduct in-depth testing, and manually repair Windows Vista with the Recovery Console to encounter abnormal problems. If any friend knows the exact answer to this question, why Windows Vista Group Policy retains those two options, please enlighten me.

Herein, I summarize the method of manually adding the Windows XP Recovery Console to a Windows Vista computer. After all, in Windows Vista, you cannot directly execute the WINNT32 /CMDCONS installation recovery console. You can only add it manually. .

Manually adding the recovery console is divided into the following four cases:

The first case is the example above, namely:

1.1. First install Windows XP;

1.2 Install the Recovery Console, which is a multi-boot with Windows XP;

1.3. Install Windows XP as Windows Vista.

This is the most complicated approach and only applies to users who are planning to upgrade Windows XP to Windows Vista.

The second case is when the computer has Windows Vista's only operating system installed and you want to add the Windows XP Recovery Console. You can follow these steps:

2.1. Find another Windows XP computer with a Recovery Console installed, will be located in the active partition's CMDCONS folder (implicit), CMLDR, NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, BOOT .INI files are copied to the active partition of Windows Vista;