Recovery console on Hp Pavillion a1230n

[Sam05]

I have a Hp Pavilion a1230n laptop on which Windows Xp is been running as my operating system. I'm trying to use recovery console on Hp Pavilion a1230n laptop. I would like to use the recovery console to try to recover Windows XP on my HP laptop. So, can any body tell me that how can i try recovery console on Hp Pavilion a1230n laptop? Has any one done this before? Kindly let me know the proper solution for doing it. Any kind of help would be appreciated.

[Calvin K]

The recovery console restores your system from a hidden partition on the hard disk. Its faster than using the CD's. You need to perform a Destructive Recovery. A recovery console may be available on the hard drive of some HP and Compaq Windows XP computers.

[Lillebror]

So when Windows XP is not working, you can still open a recovery console and run one of the command line software utilities, like chkdsk. Restart the computer and immediately start pressing the F8 key, once per second. When the selections screen loads, use the up/down arrow keys to select "Last Known Good Configuration", then press the "Enter" key.

[jesse]

The HP recovery console should stay static, as it has all the original programs that came installed from HP. The CD's are in case your hard drive fails, taking the recovery partiton with it, or your partition table gets corrupted or anything else that makes that hidden partition inaccessible.