4-41EXAM HIGHLIGHTS■ THE RECOVERY CONSOLE PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT WAY TO ACCESS HARD DISKS WHEN THEOPERATING SYSTEM WILL NOT BOOT

The Recovery Console provides an excellent way to access hard disks when the

operating system will not boot. You can use the Recovery Console to access all

partitions on a drive, regardless of the file system.

Key Terms

BOOT.INI A file used to build the operating system choices that are displayed during

startup.

Last Known Good configuration A hardware configuration that is available by

pressing the F8 key during startup. The Last Known Good configuration contains

the configuration information saved after the last successful logon.

master boot record (MBR) The first sector on a hard disk, which begins the process

of starting a computer. The MBR contains the partition table for the disk.

NTLDR A file used to control the Windows startup process until control is passed to

the Windows kernel.

Recovery Console A command-line console interface that provides access to the

hard disks and a limited set of administrative commands useful for recovering a

computer.

Registry A hierarchical database that controls the Windows XP Professional operat-

ing system by providing the appropriate initialization information to boot Win-

dows XP Professional, to start applications, and to load components.

safe mode A method of starting Windows using only basic files and drivers and with-

out networking support.

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