Satya's blog - Windows will now wait 9 years for you to press a key

What the fuck is it with Windows XP and disk checking?? It says to skip check, press a key within 9 seconds and then it WAITS 9 SECONDS FOR A KEY PRESS but there's no way to make it GET ON WITH IT so I have to sit there and wait 9 seconds, after which it goes into fucking la la land for the next 20 years.