Activate System Restore from Command Prompt

There might be instances where you are unable to access the Windows XP GUI safe mode due to some corruption. You may want to use Windows System Restore to restore to a previous backup, but you're only able to access Windows XP Safe Mode Command Prompt.

You can actually activate the System Restore using this mode. Just do the following:

1. Log on to the "Safe Mode with a command prompt" option using an administrator account
2. Type cd %systemroot%\system32\restore
3. Type rstrui

That's it. This command will trigger the system restore from the command line.