Yes, I believe that is what the poster was referring to when he typed ‘command mode’. Then again, I could be wrong. ;o)
It’s always interesting to see someone giving advice for trouble shooting a machine, and find out that he doesn’t even know what command mode is.
I figured that, but was just funnin’ him. In either case, most recovery CD’s don’t boot to a drive. Rather, they allow you to install/reinstall OEM software, drivers, etc, and reformat reinstall the OS.