Why is my mac always booting into Mac OSX Utilities?

Then I have to restart and then it boots normally.
thanks

I checked. Yes, Resume will cause Disk Utility to start upon restart under the condition I mention above. if you don't want windows open when shutting down to reopen upon restart, then uncheck the "Reopen windows when logging back in" box that appears after you chose to shut down.

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