6-4Troubleshooting

Starting up Recovery Console

You can start up Recovery Console in two ways:

Start up Recovery Console installed on the system.

Start up Recovery Console from the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM.

Installing Recovery Console on the system

1.Start up the NEC Express5800/ft series and log on to Windows Server 2003.

2.Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the drive.

3.From [Start] of the taskbar, select [Run...] to run.

CD-ROM drive:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons /syspart:c: /tempdrive:c:

4.Follow the messages that appear on the screen to continue.

Starting up the Recovery Console

1.Disable the configuration for boot monitoring function.

Select [Advanced] - [Monitoring Configuration] - [Boot Monitoring] and choose “Disabled”. See “Step 3: Disable Boot Monitoring Function” (4-11) for details.

2.Power on the system.

<When starting up Recovery Console installed on the system>

(a)Select Microsoft Windows Recovery Console in “Please select the operating system to start:”.

Please select the operating system to start:

Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Microsoft Windows Recovery Console

(b)When the following message appears on the screen press F5 + F6 quickly.

IMPORTANT: Unless F5 + F6 keys are pressed, Recovery Console does not start up. If the screen for selecting HAL as described in 3 does not appear, reboot the system and start again from selection of an operating system.