Re: Boot.ini

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From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 20:01:15 -0500

Coop - since your machine boots OK with boot.ini apparently missing, I'm
guessing your W2k is a vanilla installation with the system itelf
resident on the master drive of the primary controller, in the first
partition on that drive, in the directory named \WINNT. The other
boot-time files needed (ntdetect.com and ntldr) are presumably present
in the root directory of C: where they and boot.ini would normally be.

If the above is correct, just cut/paste the boot.ini below into notepad
and copy it into the root of C:.

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

NOTES: This should be a 5-line text file. Watch the word wrap on that
last line. Also, if your W2k directory is not \WINNT, just edit the
directory name in both places. Also, if you're booting from SCSI (or I
believe a RAID array) ignore this post. To understand the (#) entries,
search the web for "boot.ini" or "ARC syntax". I'd search again for that
hidden/readonly/system boot.ini file in your C:\, too. :-)

Coop wrote:

> Thank you for your reply, yes I can boot from the win2k cd
> into recovery mode, this leaves me at the dos prompt and
> can use the commands available, but I think I need
> something to recreate the boot.ini file, I guess I could
> try to use notepad and create a blank one but I have no
> Idea of the proper syntax or the lines that need to be
> there,
>
> Any Ideas?
> Coop
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings --
>>
>> You should be able to boor from the Win2K
>
> installation CD and use
>
>>the Recovery Console to repair the situation.
>>
>>Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
>>http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
>
> ID=kb;en-us;Q229716
>
>>
>>Bruce Chambers
>>
>>--
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>>
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>
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>
>>having both at once. -- RAH
>>
>>
>>"Coop" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>
> message
>
>>news:0ADB8390-7519-4E23-B1CC-55F871D99124@microsoft.com...
>>
>>>this moring my win2000pro system upon power on
>
> presented me with the
>
>>following: invalid boot.ini ..... booting from
>
> c:\winnt, the system
>
>>continued to boot without any apparent problems. I have
>
> checked the
>
>>root of C: and there is not boot.ini (I have set the
>
> system to show
>
>>all files and system files). I am supposing that
>
> something I did
>
>>yesterday wiped it out? How do I go about fixing this,
>
> creating a new
>
>>one or what ever.
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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