Rescue Windows XP

One XP box in my home failed to boot. Boot into last known configuration or safe mode also crashed.

I used the XP CD to boot up and then gained access to the System Recovery Console. failure.Next I used bootcfg /list, /scan, or /rebuild, all failed and the Recovery Console prompted me that no bootable Windows partition is found. At this point, I had the feeling that boot.ini might have corrupted. I did fixboot to try my luck. It worked.

This process of finding ways to rescue XP was really a great pain. I decided to crone another disk for emergency purpose.