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Missing ~ key when using recovery console

G

Grandad

Flightless Bird
Hi

I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console. Most of the
keys function as expected with the exception of the @ and " keys which are
reversed - not a problem. However I need to use the ~ key and I cant find
it. Any ideas please
Regards
Grandad
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"Grandad" <mick@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> said this in news item
news:#QuBGh8rKHA.5356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console. Most of
> the keys function as expected with the exception of the @ and " keys which
> are reversed - not a problem. However I need to use the ~ key and I cant
> find it. Any ideas please
> Regards
> Grandad

There is always the good old charmap.exe. It tells me that code for the
tilde is 126, hence you can do the usual Alt+0126 if you have exhausted all
Shift and Alt key depressions on your keyboard without finding this
character.
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Feb 17, 6:56 am, "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console.  Most of the
> keys function as expected with the exception of the @ and " keys which are
> reversed - not a problem.  However I need to use the ~ key and I cant find
> it.  Any ideas please
> Regards
> Grandad

All those keys work fine for me in Recovery Console - I just tried it.

How are you launching the Recovery Console?

How are you going to carry out a System Restore from the Recovery
Console?
 
E

Elmo

Flightless Bird
Grandad wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console. Most of the
> keys function as expected with the exception of the @ and " keys which are
> reversed - not a problem. However I need to use the ~ key and I cant find
> it. Any ideas please
> Regards
> Grandad

Try this command from the command line.

One can also change the codepage from the command prompt (Will only have
effect for the current session):

mode con cp select=850

That came from this link, found with a Google search.

http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-keyboard-codepage.html

--
Joe =o)
 
G

Grandad

Flightless Bird
Thanks everyone...

The suggestion from Pegasus worked for me, whereas the one from Elmo didn't,
but that may be down to me. I have now carried out the Restore and am now
back in business. I had to do it through the Recovery Console as windows
would not open in Safe Mode.

Going back to my original question. Later I found that as you go through
the loading of the Recovery Console there is an opportunity to select the
right keyboard. It happens so quickly that I have never seen it before. It
defaulted to the US keyboard and I change it to UK. As they say you learn
something every day. Thanks again everyone.

Grandad

"Grandad" <mick@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23QuBGh8rKHA.5356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console. Most of
> the keys function as expected with the exception of the @ and " keys which
> are reversed - not a problem. However I need to use the ~ key and I cant
> find it. Any ideas please
> Regards
> Grandad
>
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Feb 18, 3:48 am, "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks everyone...
>
> The suggestion from Pegasus worked for me, whereas the one from Elmo didn't,
> but that may be down to me.  I have now carried out the Restore and am now
> back in business.  I had to do it through the Recovery Console as windows
> would not open in Safe Mode.
>
> Going back to my original question.  Later I found that as you go through
> the loading of the Recovery Console there is an opportunity to select the
> right keyboard.  It happens so quickly that I have never seen it before..  It
> defaulted to the US keyboard and I change it to UK.  As they say you learn
> something every day.  Thanks again everyone.
>
> Grandad
>
> "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:%23QuBGh8rKHA.5356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> > Hi
>
> > I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console.  Mostof
> > the keys function as expected with the exception of the @ and " keys which
> > are reversed - not a problem.  However I need to use the ~ key and I cant
> > find it.  Any ideas please
> > Regards
> > Grandad

That's a good one!

What was the original problem?

How do you perform a System Restore using the Recovery Console?
 
D

Daave

Flightless Bird
Jose wrote:
> On Feb 18, 3:48 am, "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
>> Thanks everyone...
>>
>> The suggestion from Pegasus worked for me, whereas the one from Elmo
>> didn't, but that may be down to me. I have now carried out the
>> Restore and am now back in business. I had to do it through the
>> Recovery Console as windows would not open in Safe Mode.
>>
>> Going back to my original question. Later I found that as you go
>> through the loading of the Recovery Console there is an opportunity
>> to select the right keyboard. It happens so quickly that I have
>> never seen it before. It defaulted to the US keyboard and I change
>> it to UK. As they say you learn something every day. Thanks again
>> everyone.
>>
>> Grandad
>>
>> "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> news:%23QuBGh8rKHA.5356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>
>>> I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console.
>>> Most of the keys function as expected with the exception of the @
>>> and " keys which are reversed - not a problem. However I need to
>>> use the ~ key and I cant find it. Any ideas please
>>> Regards
>>> Grandad
>
> That's a good one!
>
> What was the original problem?
>
> How do you perform a System Restore using the Recovery Console?

He is probably referring to the procedure outlined here (which is often
referred to as a "manual System Restore"):

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

But I know you already knew this. ;-)

From one of your posts:

There is really no such thing as a manual system restore. You can
implement a portion of what an actual System Restore does with
KB307545 to get you going again and then do a real System Restore.
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Feb 18, 10:23 am, "Daave" <da...@example.com> wrote:
> Jose wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 3:48 am, "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Thanks everyone...
>
> >> The suggestion from Pegasus worked for me, whereas the one from Elmo
> >> didn't, but that may be down to me. I have now carried out the
> >> Restore and am now back in business. I had to do it through the
> >> Recovery Console as windows would not open in Safe Mode.
>
> >> Going back to my original question. Later I found that as you go
> >> through the loading of the Recovery Console there is an opportunity
> >> to select the right keyboard. It happens so quickly that I have
> >> never seen it before. It defaulted to the US keyboard and I change
> >> it to UK. As they say you learn something every day. Thanks again
> >> everyone.
>
> >> Grandad
>
> >> "Grandad" <m...@sherwooditsolutions.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> >>news:%23QuBGh8rKHA.5356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> >>> Hi
>
> >>> I need to carry out a system restore from the recovery console.
> >>> Most of the keys function as expected with the exception of the @
> >>> and " keys which are reversed - not a problem. However I need to
> >>> use the ~ key and I cant find it. Any ideas please
> >>> Regards
> >>> Grandad
>
> > That's a good one!
>
> > What was the original problem?
>
> > How do you perform a System Restore using the Recovery Console?
>
> He is probably referring to the procedure outlined here (which is often
> referred to as a "manual System Restore"):
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
>
> But I know you already knew this. ;-)
>
> From one of your posts:
>
> There is really no such thing as a manual system restore. You can
> implement a portion of what an actual System Restore does with
> KB307545 to get you going again and then do a real System Restore.

That is what I am suspecting...

KB307545 does not equal System Restore, and if somebody needs
convincing, I can do that too!

The KB things has been duly noted, but I don't see how ~ or @ comes
into play with KB307545. I have never used those keys with that KB,
but I have not quite seen everything.
 
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