Re: Should I have a boot.ini? How can I set SAFEBOOT without boot.

Dear Steve:
Thank You, the article linked to Your answer is very useful, ant that will
be precisely what I'll do to recreate my boot.ini.

The reason to "safeboot" was very trivial: I just wanted to set the
"Adninistrator" password.
I did safeboot anyway, simply by clicking "F8" at boot time and then
choosing the appropriate boot modality.

Thanks once again, Your answer solved my problem.

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Cesare Brizio - San Pietro in Casale - Bologna, Italy


"Steve N." wrote:

> Cesare Brizio - Italy wrote:
>
> > Dear Friends:
> > thank You for the help You are trying to give.
> > My PC works perfectly fine without a boot.ini.
> > Yes, I have absolutely no boot.ini on BOTH logical drives C and D.
> > Yes, every time I boot the PC I get a message saying that no boot.ini was
> > found, but the message lasts less than a second, then the PC boots perfectly,
> > regularly.
> > I am absolutely sure that no boot.ini is present on both my dirives. Please
> > read my original post: it's not just me who can't find BOOT.INI, Windows XP
> > itself cannot find a BOOT.INI, and apparently it works just fine.
> >
> > No, I don't want to tamper with boot.ini. I just would like to set the
> > /SAFEBOOT option, and I cannot, because no BOOT.INI folder exists in
> > MSCONFIG.EXE.
> >
> > And, NO, I haven't (consciously) installed any alternative boot manager.
> > Maybe (but probably I'm wrong) the BIOS itself manages the boot ....?!?!
> >
> > I have only XP Home on the disk.
> >
>
>
> Do this:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184
>
> Why do you want/need the Safeboot anyway?
>
> Steve N.
>
>
.

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