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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Configuration / February 2006Setup Error Preventing Installation of Windows XP Recovery Console
(Sorry for the cross-posting, but I really wasn't sure which newsgroup was the appropriate for this problem.) ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- OS: Windows XP Professional w/SP2 and all the latest Windows Updates. --------------------------------------------------------------------- When trying to install the Recovery Console, I enter: F:\i386\winnt32 /cmdcons and get the following critical error: "Setup cannot continue because the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the version on the CD." Presuming this is being caused by Service Pack 2, what's the solution? I would think others have encountered this problem, but a search in Help and Support yielded no mention of the problem and solution. Thanks in advance! John Create the integrated install and install the RC from there. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/900871  SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | (Sorry for the cross-posting, but I really wasn't sure which newsgroup | was the appropriate for this problem.) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] | | John Thanks, Dave! That looks like my solution, alright. But what about my installed updates and installed SP2? Does this mean I have to roll everything back and redo all? Probably, huh? :( John > Create the integrated install and install the RC from there. > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/900871 No not at all. All you're installing is the RC which won't have any adverse effect on any installed updates. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | Thanks, Dave! That looks like my solution, alright. | | But what about my installed updates and installed SP2? Does this mean I | have to roll everything back and redo all? Probably, huh? :( | | John Should have also said you can just run; winnt32.exe /cmdcons from the \i386 folder of the integrated installation point you created. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect You can still use recovery console by booting to xp cd,however to install recovery console during boot option is no longer available once xp SP2 is installed.You need to install recovery when only SP1 is installed,the message is correct. > (Sorry for the cross-posting, but I really wasn't sure which newsgroup > was the appropriate for this problem.) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > John It IS possible to install the Recovery Console AFTER installing SP2 and all the Windows Updates. Dave's suggestion absolutely worked! It works because it's all done by creating a COPY of Windows XP, integrating SP2 into it, and then using that copy to install the Recovery Console. This is all done WITHOUT touching the working/running copy of XP on that PC. ------------------------------------------------------------- Dave's suggestion: "Create the integrated install and install the RC from there. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/900871" ------------------------------------------------------------- Once I got the Network Installation version of SP2 and integrated it with a COPY of the original Windows XP (in its own folder), I was able to install the Recovery Console and the RC is now on my bootup menu. I rebooted, selected the Recovery Console, executed some commands and verified that it works. Thank you very much, Dave!! John > You can still use recovery console by booting to xp cd,however to install > recovery console during boot option is no longer available once xp SP2 is [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> John Glad to hear it. You're welcome. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect <snip> | I rebooted, selected the Recovery Console, executed some commands and | verified that it works. | | Thank you very much, Dave!! | | John |
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