When these files aren’t working as they should, Windows will sometimes not start up at all.
In these cases, you must start this tool to restore the files.
This means it’snotavailable inWindows 11,Windows 10,Windows 8,Windows 7, orWindows Vista.
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Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP were the last Microsoft operating systems that contained Recovery Console.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista replaced it with a collection of recovery tools referred to asSystem Recovery Options.
In Windows 11/10/8, neither of those older tools are available.
Using these commands in specific ways can help solve specific problems.
