Invalid Boot ini File

From: Mike (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/23/04


Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 05:11:47 -0700


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi All,
>
>When I boot up I have notice in the start screen a
message that says
>"Invalid Boot ini file, booting from C:/Windows".
>
>Having done a Google search on the matter I found the
following article,
>Invalid Boot .ini, in MS Knowledge Base 330184, but being
a novice I am
>having trouble in implementing it. This is as far as I
can get;
>
>Insert XP CD ROM into drive and restart computer
>Press any key to boot from CD
>Press R to start Recovery Console
>I don't have an administrator password so I press enter
and the
>following appears C:/Windows (which I assume is the
command prompt)>
>When I type in "bootcfg/list" I get the error
message....The command is
>not recognised. Type help for a list of supported
commands. No matter
>what I type I cannot get any further. Any help in this
matter would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>MikeW
>

Hi Mike!
it seems from your problem that u r on a right track but
it seems that the command u r typing at the command prompt
is being typed incorrectly. It should be "bootlog /list"
and not "bootlog/ list".
Try it out, it may work.
All the best.

Friend in need
MGS



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