Re: Invalid boot.ini file cannot be opened

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From: John John - MVP <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 07:14:10 -0300

Do you actually have a boot.ini file?

What happens when you enter this in the Start menu Runbox:

notepad %systemdrive%\boot.ini

John

figaro4 wrote:

On startup keep getting invalid boot.ini error, but boot OK. When I go thru msconfig to the Boot.ini file I get message: TheC/boot.ini file cannot be opened. Operating System and Timeoutsetting cannot be changed." How do I fix the boot.ini?

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