Thread: Expanding the restoration console to access removable media

While starting the restoration console, the operating system permits only access to the Windows directory. Drives for removable media are blocked. In case of errors however, a USB-Stick could just be the solution.

The block can be removed using a detour. In Windows XP Home, an intervention in the registry is required, then, the restriction can be switched off using the SET command. In XP Professional. it is enough to just modify the Group Policy.

XP Home: Open the Registry Editor and open 'Start I Run', enter 'regedit' and click 'OK'. Then navigate to the key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryC onsole' and create the 'SetCommand' entry of the data type 'REG_OWORO' using 'Edit I New I OWORO value'. Open it by double-clicking and set its 'Value' toT. The value '0' switches off the function if required later. Close the Registry Editor. If in future, you start your system with the restoration console, you can grant the required rights using the command 'SET': SET AllowAllPaths - True SET AllowWildCards - True SET AllowRemovableMedia - True SET NoCopyPrompt - True If used in this sequence, the commands allow access to all paths, using Wildcards, access to removable media and copying without a prompt.

XP Professional : Open 'Start I Run', enter 'gpedit.msc' and click 'OK'. The Group Policy editor starts. Under 'Local Computer Policy I Computer configuration I Windows settings I Security settings I Local Policy I Security options', double-click on the 'Recovery console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and folders' entry to edit it. Change the option to 'Enabled' and confirm the changes with 'Accept' and 'OK'.