Remove the Windows Recovery Console

[Donald]

I have recently used combofix to check for viruses. The combofix program installed the windows recovery console onto my computer so it can save my computer incase something goes wrong. But the scan went fine and now, when i boot up my computer the bootloader shows the xp option, and the windows recovery console option. i dont want it to show it anymore cause it is getting very annoying. If anyone can help me out then it would be great. Thank you

[newtech]

How to remove Windows Recovery Console
After installing Windows Recovery Console there may be time that you may need to remove Recovery Console due server upgrade, disk maintance etc.

Please follow these instruction to accomplish this task:

1. Log on as local administrator.

2. Double click on "My Computer" icon on the desktop.

3. In "My Computer" open: Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Mark the checkbox
"Show hidden files and folders" -and clear the "Hide protected operating system files" checkbox (please press on "Yes" to the confirm message).


4. Double click on the %systemdrive% (usually "C" drive) and delete "cmdcons" folder and the cmldr file from
the root drive.

5. Right-click boot.ini on the system partition and select Properties, then clear the "Read-only" checkbox.

6. Double click on the "boot.ini" file (the file reside in the root of the %systemdrive%).

7. Remove the line C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

8. Save the boot.ini file and close the text editor.

* This procedure is not supported on 64 Bit version of 2000/2003/XP.

[Expertz]

You can also try using MsConfig to remove entries rather than running bcdedit.
Start- Run-msconfig.
Choose the boot tab.

Highlight the entry you wish to remove, and click the delete button.

[nitesh mehta]

To delete the Recovery Console follow these steps:

1. Open My Computer.
2. Double-click the hard drive on which you installed the Recovery Console.
3. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
4. Click the View tab.
5. Click Show hidden files and folders, clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
6. At the root directory, delete the \Cmdcons folder.
7. At the root directory, delete the file Cmldr.
8. At the root directory, right-click the Boot.ini file and then click Properties.
9. Clear the Read-only check box, and then click OK.
10. Open Boot.ini in Notepad, and remove the entry for the Recovery Console. It will look similar to this:

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