Windows XP : Expanding the Restoration Console to Access Removable Media

The Restoration Console mainly helps to easily access to removable media and it allows only access to the Windows Directory. To match the best solution is USB-Stick and drives for removable are blocked. In Windows XP Home, an intervention in the registry is required, and then the restriction can be switched off using the SET command.

XP Home:

First Open the Registry Editor and Open ‘Start| Run’, enter-> Regedit and Click “OK”.
Then navigate to the key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows NT Current Version Setup Recovery console’ and create the ‘Set Command’ entry of the data type ‘REG_DWORD’ using ‘Edit| New| DWORD value’.

Open it by double clicking and set its value to ‘1’ and the value ‘0’ switch off the function if required later. Close the Registry Editor.

If 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.

These commands allow access to all paths, using Wild Cards, access to removable media and Copying Without a prompt.

XP Professional:

To open the process ‘Start and Run’ -> Enter ‘gpedit.msc’ and Click “OK”.

With the use of Group policy editors starting the following, ‘ Local Computer Policy -> Computer configuration -> Windows Settings- >Security Settings-> Local Policy -> Security Options’ -> Double click ‘Recovery console’.
To modify the options to ‘Enabled’ and fixed the changes with ‘Accept’ and ‘ OK’.

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