Install modified files with the Windows XP Recovery Console

(Note: if RAID 1 or 5 isn’t being used skip this step.) Now that XP Pro is installed and updated to Service Pack 3, it’s time download some files and do a do some work from the Recovery Console. Firstly, download these four files raid-setup.bat, dmadmin.exe, dmboot.sys and dmconfig.dll. Make sure to download these files to the C:Windows\RAID directory (note: the RAID directory will need to be created). Once the files are in their proper directory put the XP Pro Install CD into the CD drive and reboot the computer. When the computer reboots, boot to the XP Pro CD as if installing Windows. When the XP installer gets to the Welcome screen press R to enter the Recovery console. Test edit.

Once in the Recovery Console, it’s time to start entering commands. First, type in the number of the Windows install that’s going to have the RAID and hit enter. After the correct Windows install is selected the Recovery Console will ask for the account password, if there is an account password type it in and hit enter. After logged on, change the to the RAID directory that was created earlier by typing the following command

cd raid

and hitting enter. After changing to the raid directory, type the following command.

batch raid-setup.bat

Once that command executes type

exit

and hit enter.

Now that the proper files are in place it’s time to create the RAID array. Eject the Windows’s XP install CD from the CD drive, restart the computer and move onto the next step.