You can install Recovery Console, AFTER SP2 installation, via the following workaround.....
For this you need the full network version of SP2.
1]Open a command prompt in the folder containing the SP2 installer and type
WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe -x
Choose a folder to extract the files to e.g. file:///c:/SP2files
2]Make a backup of the file winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386
3]Replace the winnt32.exe file in c:\windows\i386 with the identically named file in C:\sp2files\i386 (or in the i386 folder in the folder where
you extracted the files)
4]Open a command prompt at c:\windows\i386
Type winnt32.exe /cmdcons
Recovery Console should install
(Ignore the first error message, if any)
5]Replace the winnt32.exe in c:\windows\i386 with its original version