Boot.ini problem!

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July 24th, 2004, 04:52 AM
shadow_warez

Boot.ini problem!

:mad: this is strange problem i never encountered before but can be fixed if someone has winxp insallted and only that os, i need someones boot.ini file, heres what mine says!

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July 24th, 2004, 04:56 AM
shadow_warez

and this is after a clean install, even after a active killdisk, then partmagic 8.02 then xp without touching the filesystem,
July 24th, 2004, 12:14 PM
phishhead

I can send mine when I get home at 1pm pacific if no one else posts before me. I have xp pro sp2rc not sure if that will matter.
July 24th, 2004, 14:32 PM
joshsiao

Could it be a corrupt disk? As in the boot.ini file from the XP install CD is corrupt?
July 24th, 2004, 14:56 PM
shadow_warez

well i been looking for the bootini all day on my xppe cds and the corp cd i got, but notings showing up, im not sure why its done that tot the boot ini but it says invalid bootini on boot the says booting to c:/windows
July 30th, 2004, 18:48 PM
khanshahab

hi, could u please help......i was running winxp on drice c: but since one of my softwares wasnt running on that, i installed winme on drive d: and now my pc boots only in winme. i cant find the boot.ini file in either of my HDD or the cds of winxp and winme i have. what do i do? can someone help?? all my files and programs are installed on winxp in drive c:
July 30th, 2004, 18:56 PM
Reverend

Quote:

Originally Posted by khanshahab

hi, could u please help......i was running winxp on drice c: but since one of my softwares wasnt running on that, i installed winme on drive d: and now my pc boots only in winme. i cant find the boot.ini file in either of my HDD or the cds of winxp and winme i have. what do i do? can someone help?? all my files and programs are installed on winxp in drive c:

You need to make sure you have enabled viewing of system files.
Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools > Folder Options.On the view tab put a check next to "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" then click apply.

The boot.ini should be located in your root directory C:\
July 30th, 2004, 19:10 PM
khanshahab

boot.ini

i found the boot.ini file in drive d where i had installed winme, what do i do further? i want to get a dual bootable screen when i start my pc. i cant even access the bios of my pc
July 30th, 2004, 20:49 PM
Reverend

can you copy and paste the contents of your boot.ini here.
July 30th, 2004, 20:51 PM
khanshahab

i was able to get the dual boot screen but now the prob is that it doesnt show win me in the options , it shows win xp twice. and one of the options doesnt work. i had used the fixmbr as well as fixboot options. wat do i do now?