[dabombshop]

A couple weeks ago, my computer started showing this new screen when I turned on my computer. It occurs before the windows XP logo comes up. This is what it says:

Please select the operating system to start:

Microsoft Windows Recovery Console
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

It goes away in about 2 seconds, but I just wanted to know if there was a way to turn it off.

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1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl and then click OK.
2. Click on the Advanced tab, and then click Settings
3. In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings.
4. Under System Startup click Edit. This opens the Boot.ini file in Notepad

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[rshaffer61]

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl and then click OK.
2. Click on the Advanced tab, and then click Settings
3. In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings.
4. Under System Startup click Edit. This opens the Boot.ini file in Notepad

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[dabombshop]

[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

[rshaffer61]

C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

This line needs to be taken out of the boot.ini file.
Please do the following in the exact steps. Failure to do so could make the boot.ini damaged and cause unstable or unusable results with your system.:

Save a Backup Copy of Boot.ini

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl and then click OK.
2. Click on the Advanced tab, and then click Settings
3. In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings.
4. Under System Startup click Edit. This opens the Boot.ini file in Notepad ready for editing.
5. In Notepad, click File on the Menu bar, and then click Save As.
6. First in here change the location in the top white drop down box to Desktop. Then in the file name change to Boot.old and save as Text Document(*.txt) and save it to your Desktop and then click Save

Now you can repeat the steps to get back to step Number 4 and remove the line I referenced above.
Then Save and Exit the notepad file .
Reboot and everything should be ok now. Please let me know how it all works

[dabombshop]

It's all fixed. Thank you!

[rshaffer61]

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Edited by rshaffer61, 30 July 2009 - 06:23 AM.