Remove Windows Recovery Console
Posted by admin on Jun 29th, 2006
Upgraded from XP Pro SP2 to Vista Ultimate. Vista is running good so I deleted the Windows.old folder. Now I want to remove the Windows Recovery Console, that I installed in XP. I found the instructions for removal, deleting the Cmdcons folder and the file Cmldr and editing Boot.ini in Notepad to remove the entry for the Recovery Console: C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons. My question is about the Boot Configuration Data file. What do I need to edit, if anything, in BCDEDIT.exe?mi
Jul 2nd, 2006 at 09:47 am
Hello, Try using MsConfig to remove entries rather than running bcdedit. Start Runmsconfig. Choose the boot tab. highlight the entry you wish to remove, and click the delete button. Thanks, Darrell Gorter[MSFT]This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights |>From: "missinformation" |>Subject: Remove Windows Recovery Console |>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 01:21:45 0600 |>Lines: 12 |>MIMEVersion: 1.0 |>ContentType: text/plain; |> format=flowed; |> charset="iso88591"; |> replytype=original |>ContentTransferEncoding: 7bit |>XPriority: 3 |>XMSMailPriority: Normal |>XNewsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 |>XMimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386 |>MessageID: |>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |>NNTPPostingHost: bv155.aircanopy.net 66.160.217.55 |>Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl |>Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance:2746 |>XTomcatNG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |> |>Upgraded from XP Pro SP2 to Vista Ultimate. Vista is running good so I |>deleted the Windows.old folder. Now I want to remove the Windows Recovery |>Console, that I installed in XP. I found the instructions for removal, |>deleting the Cmdcons folder and the file Cmldr and editing Boot.ini in |>Notepad to remove the entry for the Recovery Console: |>C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons. My |>question is about the Boot Configuration Data file. What do I need to edit, |>if anything, in BCDEDIT.exe? |> |>mi |> |> |>
Jul 6th, 2006 at 05:56 pm
Under "Boot" in msconfig one line is listed > Microsoft Windows Vista (C:\Windows) : Current OS; Default OS. < When I boot the PC and get to the window that list boot options the choices listed are Windows Vista > Windows Recovery Console >. From bcdedit.exe, beside the normal boot configuration, the following is shown:Windows Legacy OS Loader identifier <ntldr> device partition=C: path \ntldr description Earlier Version of WindowsWhich is why I wanted conformation before doing any edits.mi ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]""
Jul 8th, 2006 at 02:49 am
Hello, Hmm. OK open and elevated cmd prompt and run: bcdedit /delete {ntldr} /fThis is the syntax for the delete command for bcdedit. The last entry in this is the example of the above command.C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /delete /?This command deletes an entry from the boot configuration data store.bcdedit [/store <filename>] /delete <id> [/f] [/cleanup | /nocleanup] <filename> Specifies the store to be used. If this option is not specified, the system store is used. For more information, run "bcdedit /? store". <id> Specifies the identifier of the boot entry that you want to delete. For more information about identifiers, run "bcdedit /? ID". /f Deletes the specified entry. Without this option, Bcdedit will not delete any entries that have a wellknown identifier. /cleanup Deletes the specified entry and removes the entry from the display order. Any other references to the entry being deleted will also be removed from the store. When deleting an OS loader entry, the associated resume from hibernation entry is also deleted if it is not referenced by any other OS loaders. This option is assumed unless /nocleanup is specified. /nocleanup Deletes the specified entry without removing the entry from the display order.Examples:The following command deletes the specified operating system entry from the store and removes the entry from the display order: bcdedit /delete {cbd971bfb7b84885951afa03044f5d71}The following command deletes the specified operating system entry from the store and removes the entry from the display order: bcdedit /delete {cbd971bfb7b84885951afa03044f5d71} /cleanupThe following command deletes the specified operating system entry from the store without removing the entry from the display order: bcdedit /delete {cbd971bfb7b84885951afa03044f5d71} /nocleanupThe following command deletes the NTLDR based OS loader entry from the store: bcdedit /delete {ntldr} /f Thanks, Darrell Gorter[MSFT]This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights |>From: "missinformation" |>References: |>InReplyTo: |>Subject: Re: Remove Windows Recovery Console |>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 20:23:53 0600 |>Lines: 43 |>MIMEVersion: 1.0 |>ContentType: text/plain; |> format=flowed; |> charset="Windows1252"; |> replytype=original |>ContentTransferEncoding: 7bit |>XPriority: 3 |>XMSMailPriority: Normal |>XNewsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 |>XMimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386 |>MessageID: |>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |>NNTPPostingHost: bv155.aircanopy.net 66.160.217.55 |>Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl |>Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance:2786 |>XTomcatNG: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |> |>Under "Boot" in msconfig one line is listed > Microsoft Windows Vista |>(C:\Windows) : Current OS; Default OS. < When I boot the PC and get to the |>window that list boot options the choices listed are Windows Vista > Windows |>Recovery Console >. From bcdedit.exe, beside the normal boot configuration, |>the following is shown: |> |>Windows Legacy OS Loader |> |>identifier <ntldr> |>device partition=C: |>path \ntldr |>description Earlier Version of Windows |> |>Which is why I wanted conformation before doing any edits. |> |>mi |> |> |>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" |>> Hello, |>> Try using MsConfig to remove entries rather than running bcdedit. |>> Start Runmsconfig. |>> Choose the boot tab. |>> highlight the entry you wish to remove, and click the delete button. |>> Thanks, |>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT] |>> |> |>> |>From: "missinformation" |>> |>Upgraded from XP Pro SP2 to Vista Ultimate. Vista is running good so I |>> |>deleted the Windows.old folder. Now I want to remove the Windows |>> Recovery |>> |>Console, that I installed in XP. I found the instructions for removal, |>> |>deleting the Cmdcons folder and the file Cmldr and editing Boot.ini in |>> |>Notepad to remove the entry for the Recovery Console: |>> |>C:\cmdcons\bootsect.dat="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons. |>> My |>> |>question is about the Boot Configuration Data file. What do I need to |>> edit, |>> |>if anything, in BCDEDIT.exe? |>> |> |>> |>mi |> |>
Jul 10th, 2006 at 12:05 am
I am interested in the opposite. I used have the XP SP 2 recovery console on my HDDD and available in the boot menu. How can I do the same with vista recovery console and have that on the Hard drive too.
Jul 15th, 2006 at 01:36 am
"Robert" wrote There is no recovery console in Vista. There is a Windows Repair Environment (WRE) that is accessed by booting the Vista DVD. This KB article, as an example, gives you info on how to access the WRE and some of the tools on it.How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/enus Rock [MSMVP User/Shell]