installing recovery console

[amyb]

I was installing the recovery console. I let it go for about 20 minutes and the computer looked like it was locked up (it looked like it had copied all the files to the computer anyway). I had to reboot the computer. To make sure the installation worked, I then selected the Recovery Console Option from the list of available os's. Got a error that a file was missing and couldn't continue, and had to reboot.
I then wanted to redo the installation, but I can't, because of this error"error copying OEM files from specified location..cancel y or n?' whatever option I pick, I then get Setup cannot continue..ARGH.

[amyb]

I then tried to unistall recovery console, but I can't find it anywhere. I don't even have a boot.ini file to delete the C:\cmbcons\bootsect.dat etc. Please show me the light

[techleet]

Amyb!

You have to have a boot.ini. It's there. Somewhere. LOL

Try ripping it out of boot.ini, getting rid of the cmdcons directory, and running the winnt32 /cmdcons off of a different cd. It could be the cd is scratched or something!

Was the machine having problems before you installed the cmdcons?

[Gabriel]

Originally posted by amyb
I then tried to unistall recovery console, but I can't find it anywhere. I don't even have a boot.ini file to delete the C:\cmbcons\bootsect.dat etc. Please show me the light

Two guesses

enter CMD (command console) go to your boot Drive root directory -

DIR /A

the file is there - you can edit it by removing it's special attributes

Attrib -h -r -s boot.ini

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another thing - maybe you have a Hidden partition - most of the "Branded" computers comes out with hidden partition that contains recovery tools and OS of somekind.

Good Luck
Gabriel

[snowflowerzz]

Look at your eventlog and see if you have errors reading the cd or any other errors that may shed some light. Just enter eventvwr from a run command.

[amyb]

I found the boot.ini however,when I did the attrib command, I got this "not resetting the hidden file"

[NooNoo]

Originally posted by amyb
I found the boot.ini however,when I did the attrib command, I got this "not resetting the hidden file"

From where did you issue the attrib command?

[amyb]

From the dos prompt..

[NooNoo]

Do you mean the prompt in recovery console? The prompt in a cmd box in normal mode? in safe mode?

Is the file system fat32 or NTFS?

The problem might also be that it will not let you undo the system attribute sooo...

Attrib -h boot.ini

is all you need to be able to see the file...

then you can go for

Attrib -r boot.ini

and finally

Attrib -s boot.ini

[amyb]

I'm in "normal" mode (though this morning "I" am in abnormal mode, but we won't go into that here) . and fat32.
I will try the latter that you suggested and get back to you, thanks.

[amyb]

doing them seperately had the same result

[Ya_know]

If it is fat32, you can change attributes from a 98 boot disk if it has to happen that way...

[amyb]

Hey thanks for the tip. I'll try that..

[techleet]

You MUST use the -s in attrib command to change any of the attributes of boot.ini.

attrib -r -s -h boot.ini will work just fine.

If you try to simply do an ATTRIB -R or -H it will give you that error of not resetting system file.