Boot.ini problem!

[shadow_warez]

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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[shadow_warez]

and this is after a clean install, even after a active killdisk, then partmagic 8.02 then xp without touching the filesystem,

[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.

[joshsiao]

Could it be a corrupt disk? As in the boot.ini file from the XP install CD is corrupt?

[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

[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:

[Reverend]

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:\

[khanshahab]

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

[Reverend]

can you copy and paste the contents of your boot.ini here.

[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?