Windows Vista's System Recovery menu
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a set of tools included in the Windows Vista operating system to help diagnose and recover from serious errors which may be preventing Windows from booting successfully. WinRE may be installed to the hard disk or run from the operating system disc. When installed on the hard drive, Windows Recovery Environment can be accessed by pressing F8 while the computer is booting. WinRE is based on WinPE 2.0. [1] Corporations can make WinRE available for network boot via a Windows Deployment Services server.
Features
The following options are available when booting from the operating system DVD:
- Startup Repair - Automatically finds and fixes boot errors in the Windows Vista Startup Process (including corrupted Boot Configuration Data files).
- System Restore - Utilizes the Volume Shadow Copy service to restore the computer to a previous state or restore point.
- Complete PC Restore - Restores the Complete PC Backup disk image.
- Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool - Analyses the computer memory (RAM) for hardware memory problems.
- Command Prompt - Gives full command-line access to the file system, volumes and files, unlike the Recovery Console, which was limited in operation.
The number of tools available has increased significantly compared to what is available with previous versions of Windows. Windows XP and Windows 2000 are limited to the Recovery Console.
See also
References
- ^ Introducing Windows Recovery Environment
External links
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