Re: Boot.Ini and recovery Console

Mark - Thanks for your reply. I've tried that process the service bullentin
talks about and no luck. I press R in the welcome/setup window and it refuses
to go to the recovery console and opens up the windows program.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

330184 - Invalid Boot.ini or Windows Could Not Start Error Messages When You
Start Your Computer - hal-dll:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184

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"Dave" <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have Windows XP Home Edition upgrade from prior OS Windows ME.

Noticed during boot process error message appears quickly that says:
Invalid Boot.INI then it goes on the open windows without a problem.

I have tried several times to get to and install the recovery console but
it
won't take and keeps saying the boot.ini is invalid or could not be found.

A well meaning friend said that the recovery console is not include with
the
XP home edition upgrade pack.

The installation disk also says it includes service pack 2 , version 2002.

I've tried looking and following several MS service bullentins to install
or
find the recover console but noth8ng works.

I'm not an expert or advanced user by any means and everything still works
in XP so it's not like I can't use my PC. Any advice would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks

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