Guest Ed Pyle Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 I installed Windows recovery console and the "cmdcons" directory is there and there is an entry for the recovery console in the boot.ini file. After installation I thought that I would have a choice at boot-up of going to Windows XP or to the recovery console. However, it boots directly into Windows. How do I get to the recovery console?
Guest John John Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Windows Recovery Console Check the timeout value in the boot.ini file: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] .......................... Timeout=30 means that the boot loader screen and boot options will be available for 30 seconds before the default operating system loads. You can make it more or less than 30 if you want. John Ed Pyle wrote: > I installed Windows recovery console and the "cmdcons" directory is there and > there is an entry for the recovery console in the boot.ini file. After > installation I thought that I would have a choice at boot-up of going to > Windows XP or to the recovery console. However, it boots directly into > Windows. How do I get to the recovery console? >
Guest mhc Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Re: Windows Recovery Console John John wrote: > Check the timeout value in the boot.ini file: > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > ......................... > > Timeout=30 means that the boot loader screen and boot options will be > available for 30 seconds before the default operating system loads. You > can make it more or less than 30 if you want. > > John Or you can disable the timer completely with: timeout=-1
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