Re: Boot.ini

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 09:17:32 -0500

Hi Jay,

Looks fine (provided you are booting from C:\ and your system files are
there as well), and the fact that it opens in notepad indicates that the
file itself is probably not corrupt. Read the article posted by S.Sengupta
about using the bootcfg command to rebuild it. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
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"Jay Fobes" <jf6@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:e3TMwl88DHA.1356@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Rick,
>
> Yes it does here is what the file contains:
> [boot loader]
> timeout=10
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /fastdetect
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u4TrwG88DHA.2308@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Jay,
>
> Start/run C:\boot.ini
>
> Does it open in notepad for you?
>
> -- 
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Jay Fobes" <jf6@alltel.net> wrote in message
> news:OXyL7t78DHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> >
> > When my system boots up a get a message "invalid boot.ini booting from
> > c:\windows". Everything seems to be working OK. Is there a way to fix
the
> > boot.ini or should I not worry about it?
> >
> > Thanks for any info,
> > Jay
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

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