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| Replace drivers with Recovery Console |
| Although driver development has improved over the years, that doesn't mean drivers are error-free |
| or incorruptible. Whatever the cause of the fault, a bad driver can prevent a system from booting. |
| But you can use Recovery Console on Windows 2000 systems to replace a driver and potentially |
| First, obtain a good copy of the driver file, such as from a distribution CD or a manufacturer's Web |
| site. You also need to know the folder in which the driver is installed. Drivers are typically stored |
| in the %systemroot%\System32\Drivers folder. |
| If Recovery Console is installed on the computer, press [F8] during boot and start it from the boot |
| menu. If Recovery Console isn't installed, boot from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM, choose Repair, |
| and then start Recovery Console. |
| After you log on to Recovery Console, copy the good driver file in place of the bad one. If the driver |
| isn't in a compressed archive, use the COPY command to copy it from a CD or floppy to the |
| appropriate target folder. If the driver resides in a .cab file, use the EXPAND command to expand |
| the file. The following example would expand the file Somedriver.sys from a Drivers.cab file on the |
| CD drive to the Windows Drivers folder: |
| Expand d:\Drivers.cab /f:\Windows\System32\Drivers\somedriver.sys |
| Keep in mind that Recovery Console uses the Administrator password you specified when you |
| installed Windows. To log on to Recovery Console, you must use the original Administrator |
| password, even if you've changed it since then. |
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