Yup. Though I have to admit that the recovery console has only helped me in 3 or 4 cases over the years. The advent of BartPE and the like have made it a heck of a lot easier for the majority of cases. Can you edit the appropriate parts of the registry to disable drivers and services from a Bart boot disk? I don't think I've never tried.
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