Repair Console

The repair console will ask which partition you wish to log into. (DO NOT use the number pad to choose the partition number or press or the system will reboot at this point.) It asks in case there are more than one instance of Windows Xp or 2000. Next you will required to enter the administrator’s password. Press to signify the default of no password if you haven’t established one.

Once you are logged in you’ll be told to enter ‘help’ for a list of commands. If you have received the message “cannot find ntldr”, you may need to repair the master boot record with the command ‘fixboot’. It is also possible to rebuild the master boot record (in case of a boot sector virus) with the command ‘fixmbr’. You’ll want to run ‘fixboot’ afterwards and before you exitthe repair console. Like dos, you exit with the command ‘exit’.