'Access Denied' in recovery console

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

I have been trying to repair a malfunction in XP Home that doesn't allow me
to logon to Windows. When the computer boots up it displays a screen that
gives me 5 options for starting up, all of which restart the computer when
selected. I have been following the procedure in the XP support article
Q307545 to remedy this problem and I have made it as far as the command
prompt in the recovery console. However, when I try to type in the first
command 'md tmp' I receive the message 'access denied.'

Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Hi,

Are you in the \windows folder when you run that command? The Recovery
Console is limited to what folders can be accessed and written to.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ayndaroo" <ayndaroo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43B90EB6-7157-4FCB-815C-95A8ACAD6841@microsoft.com...
>I have been trying to repair a malfunction in XP Home that doesn't allow me
> to logon to Windows. When the computer boots up it displays a screen that
> gives me 5 options for starting up, all of which restart the computer when
> selected. I have been following the procedure in the XP support article
> Q307545 to remedy this problem and I have made it as far as the command
> prompt in the recovery console. However, when I try to type in the first
> command 'md tmp' I receive the message 'access denied.'
>
> Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

How would I access that folder? When I am in the recovery console The command
line has something like C:\> at the root that I am trying to type 'md tmp'
into. I have tried going to the next step and copying a file from system 32
but it gives me the same message. When I am logging into recovery console it
also does not prompt me to choose a windows installation or type an
administrative password but goes directly to the C:\> line to start typeing
commands. So perhaps this has something to do with it. But I would not know
how to remedy this either.
Thanks.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Are you in the \windows folder when you run that command? The Recovery
> Console is limited to what folders can be accessed and written to.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "ayndaroo" <ayndaroo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43B90EB6-7157-4FCB-815C-95A8ACAD6841@microsoft.com...
> >I have been trying to repair a malfunction in XP Home that doesn't allow me
> > to logon to Windows. When the computer boots up it displays a screen that
> > gives me 5 options for starting up, all of which restart the computer when
> > selected. I have been following the procedure in the XP support article
> > Q307545 to remedy this problem and I have made it as far as the command
> > prompt in the recovery console. However, when I try to type in the first
> > command 'md tmp' I receive the message 'access denied.'
> >
> > Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Hi,

From the C:\> prompt, type:

CD\Windows

This should give you

C:\Windows>

Then run the md temp and other commands.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ayndaroo" <ayndaroo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA07ACC5-961B-436A-A140-84D53AD02694@microsoft.com...
> How would I access that folder? When I am in the recovery console The
> command
> line has something like C:\> at the root that I am trying to type 'md tmp'
> into. I have tried going to the next step and copying a file from system
> 32
> but it gives me the same message. When I am logging into recovery console
> it
> also does not prompt me to choose a windows installation or type an
> administrative password but goes directly to the C:\> line to start
> typeing
> commands. So perhaps this has something to do with it. But I would not
> know
> how to remedy this either.
> Thanks.
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are you in the \windows folder when you run that command? The Recovery
>> Console is limited to what folders can be accessed and written to.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "ayndaroo" <ayndaroo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:43B90EB6-7157-4FCB-815C-95A8ACAD6841@microsoft.com...
>> >I have been trying to repair a malfunction in XP Home that doesn't allow
>> >me
>> > to logon to Windows. When the computer boots up it displays a screen
>> > that
>> > gives me 5 options for starting up, all of which restart the computer
>> > when
>> > selected. I have been following the procedure in the XP support article
>> > Q307545 to remedy this problem and I have made it as far as the command
>> > prompt in the recovery console. However, when I try to type in the
>> > first
>> > command 'md tmp' I receive the message 'access denied.'
>> >
>> > Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

 

[Hotdog72]

When I type cd/ windows I still get Äccess is Denied"????

 

[Guest]

It's cd \windows

 

[Hotdog72]

Sorry I was obviously asleep at the wheel... yes correct cd \windows... = "Access denied"

I ended up taking it to a data recovry expert and found out that one of the heads on the hard drive had corrupted the disk and damaged many sectors of the hard-drive.

Luckily I was able to recover 60% of non-backed up data.