DELETING & CUSTOMIZING RECOVERY CONSOLE

How to delete the Recovery Console

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, then click the View tab.
3. Click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box,  then click OK.
4. At the root folder, delete the Cmdcons folder and the Cmldr file.
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 like this:

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

7. Save the file and close it.

 

How to use Group Policy in Recovery Console:

1. Start the Group Policy Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
2. Select the Security Options object in the Console pane to display the security policies in the Details pane.
3. In the Details pane, double-click the Recovery Console: Allow Floppy Copy And Access To All Drives And Folders policy.
4. Click Enabled, and then click OK.
5. Quit the MMC. You can save the console in case you want to make changes.

Note This policy sets the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole registry key's DWORD "SetCommand" value to 1.

After you have enabled this Group Policy, when you enter the Recovery Console, you can change the environment settings with the set command by using the set variable = TRUE or FALSE syntax. 

Note: Be sure to use a space on each side of the equal sign. If you do not, the set command generates a "syntax error" error message and does not work.

AllowWildCards = TRUE Enable wildcard support for some commands (such as the delcommand)

• AllowAllPaths = TRUE Allows access to all files and folders on the computer
• AllowRemovableMedia = TRUE Allow files to be copied to removable media, such as a floppy disk
• NoCopyPrompt = TRUE Do not prompt when overwriting an existing file

To see the current settings for the environment, type set without parameters at a command prompt.