Install vs run recovery console from cd?

[garebo]

Is there a benefit to installing the recovery console on ones hard drive versus just running it from the win xp install cd? For some reason i havent much chance to use it.

I have read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q307654/

and a few others as well, just cant find any info that points out the pluses and minuses.

thanks





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[porkchopexpress]

Speed in a nasty situation and if you need it you don't have to find the Windows CD to install it.

 

[linney]

It only takes about 10mb of space and it is always there if you need it. CD/DVD/Floppy drives sometimes break or die, CD's become unreadable too.

The only minor downside (which can be compensated for) is that it gives you a choice of operating systems to choose when you boot. The choice is between XP or the Recovery Console, as I said you can edit the length of time the choice is displayed before loading the default operating system.

I always pre-load the Recovery Console. I find the most common use for it is running ChkDsk in a non-windows environment. There are a lot of goodies in the full list of commands available.