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Luigi M Bianchi - 19 May 2008 02:07 GMT

I have XP Pro OEM, fully updated, including SP3. Unfortunately the
Recovery Console was not installed on the machine by the manufacturer.
If I try to install the RC from c:\i386, I get the famous "error reading
information from netmap.inf" error.

My first question: in case of an emergency, can I use the old RC.iso which
is available from several sites?

My second, related question: must the Recovery Console be 'SP3-updated',
or is it independent of the actual version of XP running on the machine?
If it is dependent, how can I update the RC CD to SP3?

Thank you for your help.

/luigi

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PA Bear [MS MVP] - 19 May 2008 02:17 GMT

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

• US:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

• CA:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

• UK:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

• AU:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

• Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select
Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

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> I have XP Pro OEM, fully updated, including SP3. Unfortunately the
> Recovery Console was not installed on the machine by the manufacturer.
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> /luigi

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