Basically the thing is I need to access Recovery Console from my nLited CD, becuase it has mass storage drivers on it. For this reason using the original Retail CD which does in fact have recovery console, will not work. Why is it after I nLite I lose the Recovery Console (the "r" option before the disk/partition selection screen)?

faq

yup read the faq on the site.

wow dont know how i missed that one:

I dont have repair [R] option at install, why, and how can I get it back?
In the Unattended - General page, the Unattended Mode, set to
'Prompt repair'.

Thanks
- prog

if i may clarify, did you by any change remove manual install & upgrade component? if not this should preserve winntupg and you can have the recovery console installed ...