How to remove start-up screen asking me which operating system I want to start?

[jonnyD]

I recently did a repair using my Win XP Pro disk.  I set BIOS to boot from the disk, did the repair, and switched BIOS back.  When I boot up now, I get the following message:

Please select operating system to start
Microsoft Windows XP Profesional
Microsoft Window Recovery Console

It shows up with a 30 second clock counting down towards zero and gives me the option to use the arrow keys to choose which system to use and then click Enter. My keyboard does not respond during the time that screen is up: neither the arrow keys or the "enter" key, so I have to wait an endless 30 seconds until this procedure finishes and it boots into XP.

Before the repair, I used to see this screen, but then the computer would continue and  automatically boot up without the countdown.  How do I get rid of this annoying screen?

[Aegis]

I gotta ask a really obvious question:  you haven't left the Windows disk in the optical drive, have you?

[Karnac]

Go to System properties>Advanced>Startup and Recovery settings>Uncheck time to display list of operating systems, click OK.

[patio]

Actually Karnac since he has the RC installed...which is a great idea...(more people should do it for repair options ) he can just set the delay time to something more reasonable....i have mine at 5 seconds.

[Karnac]

Actually Karnac since he has the RC installed...which is a great idea...(more people should do it for repair options ) he can just set the delay time to something more reasonable....i have mine at 5 seconds.

Absolutely, I do the same......5 seconds is good......I read the last line of the post and answered too objectively....as you say it's a tip everyone can use.

[jonnyD]

Thanks for the info.  5 seconds is good.

[ksiemb]

If you really want to remove it:

How to delete the Recovery Console

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1. Restart your computer, click Start, click My Computer, and then double-click the hard disk where you installed the Recovery Console.

2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.

3. Click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.

4. At the root folder, delete the Cmdcons folder and the Cmldr file.
If you don't know your root folder search for these files and delete

5. At the root folder, right-click the Boot.ini file, and then click Properties.

6. Click to clear the Read-only check box, and then click OK.

 

Warning: Modifying the Boot.ini file incorrectly may prevent your computer from restarting. Make sure that you delete only the entry for the Recovery Console. Also, change the attribute for the Boot.ini file back to a read-only state after you finish this procedure. Open the Boot.ini file in Microsoft Windows Notepad, and remove the entry for the Recovery Console. It looks similar to this:

C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

 

7. Save the file and close it.

 

 

Does it work?

[Broni]

Removing Recovery Console is a horrible idea.