Fix removable media restriction on Win2k Recovery Console

It's possible to configure Windows 2000 Recovery Console so that you can gain access to removable media devices for the purpose of copying file.

Note: As a security measure, Microsoft has disabled this feature by default. You should think twice before making a change to this setting. However, if you want to go ahead and allow copying files from removable media without any restrictions, follow these steps:

It will now be possib

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le for you to copy files to and from a removable media source without any restrictions.

Note: After making this setting, you have to retype the set command each time you start into Recovery Console.

About the author: Rahul Shah currently works at a software firm in India, where he is a systems administrator maintaining Windows servers. He has also worked for various software firms in testing and analytics, and also has experiences deploying client/server applications in different Windows configurations.

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