Windows recovery console

[tatar]

How can I stop Windows Recovery Console coming up at Windows startup. There
are a number of StartUp folders and none of them list WRC

 

[BillW50]

In news:%23qYZva4QLHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
tatar typed on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:20:08 +0100:
> How can I stop Windows Recovery Console coming up at Windows startup.
> There are a number of StartUp folders and none of them list WRC

You have added the Windows Recovery Console to your HDD? Anyway to
change the default boot OS all you need to do is:

Control Panel
System
Advanced (tab)
Startup and Recovery (Settings)
Default operating system (drop down box)

--
Bill
Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2

 

[John John - MVP]

On 8/24/2010 9:20 AM, tatar wrote:
> How can I stop Windows Recovery Console coming up at Windows startup. There
> are a number of StartUp folders and none of them list WRC

You mean when you boot the computer you get a boot menu and you are
offered a choice to boot the Recovery Console or the Windows
installation? Edit the boot.ini file and remove the line pointing to
the Recovery Console.

How to edit the Boot.ini file in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022

John

 

[Tim Meddick]

Why does it bother you?

Removing the menu item, as has been suggested, will mean that, should there
be a problem in starting Windows, you would not be able to start or use the
Recovery Console to make repairs

You may not know how to use it now, but if someone advised you on how to
use it to address a problem, you would no longer be able to!

If you know that you will never ever use the WRC, then why not simply
uninstall the thing instead of leaving it there and just removing the menu
item from the list?

Look up "Recovery Console" in the WinXP Help and Support Center, then click
on "delete the Recovery Console" under the "Pick a task" section.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




"tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> How can I stop Windows Recovery Console coming up at Windows startup.
> There are a number of StartUp folders and none of them list WRC
>

 

[SC Tom]

"tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> How can I stop Windows Recovery Console coming up at Windows startup.
> There are a number of StartUp folders and none of them list WRC
>

As others have stated, in the interest of being able to fix your system in
case of a problem, it's best to leave it there. If you are unhappy with the
delay time to get past the menu, you can always change that time using the
method that BillW50 posted. I have mine set at 3 seconds- that would be
plenty of time to select it if I need it, but not that much of a delay on
boot up.
--
SC Tom
-There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.

 

[Tim Meddick]

I agree with you Tom, I have mine set to 1 second, so the menu doesn't even
show at all!!

But as long as it's *not* set to 0 - you can just press an up / down arrow
cursor key, straight after pressing the power-on button, to bring up the
menu.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




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>
> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23qYZva4QLHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> How can I stop Windows Recovery Console coming up at Windows startup.
>> There are a number of StartUp folders and none of them list WRC
>>
>
> As others have stated, in the interest of being able to fix your system
> in case of a problem, it's best to leave it there. If you are unhappy
> with the delay time to get past the menu, you can always change that time
> using the method that BillW50 posted. I have mine set at 3 seconds- that
> would be plenty of time to select it if I need it, but not that much of a
> delay on boot up.
> --
> SC Tom
> -There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support.
>