-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Recovery console
- From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:39:34 -0300
Thanks GMan, I have followed your instructions. But a question... will that
put Windows as first choice when booting? (I have several programmes
running so cannot reboot computer now) At the moment the first choice on
boot is the Recovery Console and I have to be very quick fingered to click
on Windows before the machine choses the Console and I have to start all
over again!!!
Lil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 2008-09-17 00:08
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Recovery console
Lil,
Right click on My Computer and select Properties. Go to the Advanced
tab and click on the Settings button in the Startup and Recovery section.
From there, you can select the default and several other things. I suggest
changing the "Time to display list of operating systems" line to 10 seconds
since you will always be right there if you're trying to get into the
Recovery Console. It will significantly shorten the time it takes to load
up Windows every time you boot or reboot.
I also uncheck the option to Automatically restart in the case of a
System failure. It will give you plenty of time to write down the exact
error message so we can look it up and figure out what caused it. Since it
won't automatically restart your system with this box unchecked, you'll need
to hit the reset button on the front of your computer case to recover once
you've written down the important info. The important info should include
the exact wording of the error itself (ex. IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL) as
well as all of the codes given for the problem. Those codes are written
similar to the following:
0x000000D1 (0x00000021, 0x00000000, 0x00008E31, 0x00000001)
There is nothing else in the error reports that are of any use to
someone trying to figure out the problem, so don't bother writing that other
stuff down. Save your ink for important things like shopping lists,
doodling on your desk calendar, etc.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:08 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Recovery console
> Hi all,
>
> Recently, because of some malware I had to zap, I installed Windows
> Recovery
> Console. Since then whenever I rebooted I had the option to boot in
> Windows
> or in Recovery mode, in this order. For no reason I can see (but probably
> due to something I did) my pc has reverted the order and now the boot
> options are 1. Recovery Console and 2. Windows.
>
> My question is, how can I revert the order back to what it was? Most of
> the
> times I am not quick enough to hit the down arrow key and have to start
> all
> over again.
>
> Thanks :o)
>
> Lil
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