Re: Invalid boot.ini file

Re: your first sentence/paragraph:
I put the CD in the drive and restarted the computer and got what I always
get:
"Invalid boot.ini file. Booting from C:WINNT"
(white letters on black background in upper left corner of screen). It just
appears for a second or two and then boots up fine.

Re: your second Sentence/paragraph:
What is cmos setup; how do I get to it; how do I set the boot order in it;
what/where is the boot sequence?
What/where is POST (where I'm supposed to look for the keystroke)? What is
an mobo/pc manual? I received no manual with my Windows 2000 ---I received
only the CD's with the OS already installed by the lab where I bought the
computer.

Re: your third paragraph:
As I said in earlier posts, I never chose a password as I was not present at
the initial install. Have never been required to use a password---have had
automatic access to everything. So what do I do when it asks for a password?

Whenever you say to restart the computer, should I shut down and restart
with the button or should I restart by Start>shut down>Restart?

Janet

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> You'll want to *boot* from the install media. This means put the Windows
> 2000 install CD-Rom in the drive and restart the computer.
>
> You may need to set the boot order in cmos setup to CD-Rom first in boot
> sequence. Also look for the keystroke (if necessary) at POST to force boot
> from CD-Rom drive or check your mobo/pc manual for instructions.
>
> Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
> 2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
> Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. This is
> the password for the local administrator account that you chose at the time
> of the original install. (might be blank)
>
> This will place you at the recovery console command line. At that point
> issue the command;
>
> fixboot
>
> Then restart the computer.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> -------------
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>
> "Janetb" wrote:
> | There is a file called SETUP.EXE, so I thought it might be relevant since
> you
> | said I should use "SETUP floppy disks" or "Windows 2000 SETUP CD". I
> | apologise for my total ignorance, but I do not have floppy disks and I do
> not
> | know if the CD I have is the latter. The CD opens with one of 3 options:
> 1)
> | Install Windows 2000 2) Install Add-on components 3) Browse this CD.
> | Browsing the CD gives me:
> |
> | Six FOLDERS:
> | BOOTDISK
> | DISCOVER
> | I386
> | SETUPTXT
> | SUPPORT
> | VALUEADD
> |
> | and 8 FILES:
> | AUTORUN.INF
> | CDROM_IP5
> | CDROM_NT5
> | CDROM_SP.TST
> | READ1ST.TXT
> | README.DOC
> | SETUP.EXE
> | SPNOTES.HTM
> |
> | Your directions begin after I already have on my screen what you call a
> | "Setup Notification screen", so I need to know what that is (or rather,
> how
> | to get it) before I can even start following your directions....Then I
> will
> | need to know what to do if it prompts for the password I don't have (I
> have
> | never been asked for a password---the computer is set up 'knowing the only
> | person to use it is me, the administrator). You say:
> | "Note If the registry is corrupted or missing or no valid installations
> are
> | found, the Recovery Console starts in the root of the startup volume
> without
> | requiring a password." BUT if none of these are the case, and it still
> wants
> | my password, I will not know what to do....
> |
> | Once you manage to get me to the Recovery Console, I will have no idea
> what
> | to do unless it is totally self-explanatory to someone who does not know
> what
> | the Recovery Console is.....The folders you mention (%systemroot% or
> | %windir%) are totally unfamiliar to me.....
> |
> | Thanks again for your help and thank you for your patience.....
> |
> | Janet
>
>
>
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