Re: Boot to dos prompt?

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From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:40:57 -0400

Good luck...come back in this thread with results :-)

Steve Wilson wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>Steve -
>>- boot.ini is a hidden readonly system file in the root
>
> dir. Remove
>
>>those attributes to see/edit it.
>>
>>- edit boot.ini with notepad, it's just ordinary text.
>>
>>- I can't tell from the thread so far, but if the system
>
> on the
>
>>partition is a working system, you might be able to start
>
> it by (on some
>
>>other W2k system, MUST be W2k) formatting a diskette,
>
> then copying 3
>
>>files to it, taking it to your machine, and booting from
>
> it. Then copy
>
>>the working boot.ini to the hard drive. The 3 files are:
>> boot.ini
>> ntldr
>> ntdetect.com
>>
>>- within boot.ini, "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)" mean the
>
> first of each type
>
>>of disk support hardware; "partition(1)" means the first
>
> partition on
>
>>the drive being pointed to. All 4 values are the most
>
> typical (for the
>
>>active partition on the primary master hard drive.)
>>
>>- often when a boot reports ntoskrnl is missing it's
>
> because boot.ini is
>
>>pointing to the wrong rdisk or partition. Or the system
>
> isn't completely
>
>>installed. You may want to experiment with those boot.ini
>
> values, which
>
>>are explained in many places on the net.
>>
>>Steve Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>
>>>>>"Steve Wilson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>>>
>>>>wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>news:321601c49ba7$50529690$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi- I am getting an error pertaining to ntoskrnl.exe
>>>>
>>>>being
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>missing. I need to alter the boot.ini file but I
>
> can't
>
>>>>>>get past the error.
>>>>>>Is it possible to boot the machine up and go directly
>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>dos?
>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>When you write "DOS Prompt", you probably mean the
>>>>>Command Prompt. This is a child process under Windows -
>>>>>it cannot run without Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>>If your system partition is FAT32 then you can boot
>
> your
>
>>>>>machine with a DOS boot disk from www.bootdisk.com
>>>>>and edit boot.ini.
>>>>>
>>>>>If your system partition is NTFS then you have to
>>>
>>>install
>>>
>>>
>>>>your
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>disk temporarily as a slave disk in some other
>
> Win2000/XP
>
>>>>>machine to edit boot.ini.
>>>>>
>>>>>You could also reboot the machine with your Win2000 CD,
>>>>>get into the Command Console, then replace boot.ini
>
> with
>
>>>a
>>>
>>>
>>>>>version that you supply on floppy disk.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>Thanks for the advice- I'll give it a try.
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>I was able to get the pc to bbot up with the dos boot
>>>
>>>disk and I can move around in dos. However, I cannot
>
> seem
>
>>>to find the boot.ini file, nor can I run the 'edit'
>>>command. Also, I have copied the ntoskrnl.exe file
>
> into
>
>>>\windows\system32 but I still get the same error.
>>>I'm stumped as I can't seem to get pst the error when
>>>loading Windows which would seem to indicate I can't
>
> even
>
>>>run the recovery console form the installation cd.
>>>
>>>Any help/suggestions would be rgeatly appreciated.
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>.
>>Dan- excellent information and I wll give it a try.
>
> Thank you so much for you help.
>
> Steve.

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