How to Enable advanced boot option for 2016 ?

Follow these instructions to to enable advanced boot option on Windows VM ruinning on VMWare

• Get into recovery mode via Automatic repair ( mount installation iso and launch repair )

• Click on Troubleshoot, then Command Prompt

• Run these command :

  bcdedit /set {globasettings} advancedoptions true and bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no
  

• Reboot the server.

• You may get error bcdedit boot config could not be opened, this is due to pvscsi drivers are not loading, fix is below.

  • Click on Re-Install Vmtools
  • CD into CD-ROM drive
  • Browse to Program Files\Vmware\VMWare Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\Win8\amd64
  • Find pvscsi.inf and type drvload pvscsi.inf
  • Then run bcdedit commands

Note: Remember to revert changes or server will boot into repair every time it reboots.

bcdedit /set {globasettings} advancedoptions false