As you have already discovered, the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
doesn't have the bootcfg command. You can use this method to edit the
boot.ini file:
How to Retrieve One Page Text Files in the Recovery Console by Using the
Batch Command
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243067
Use the COPY command to then copy the edited file from the diskette back
to the hard drive:
copy a:\results.txt c:\boot.ini
(you may need to rename or delete the existing c:\boot.ini file before
you can copy the one on the diskette to the hard disk)
You can also use the 6 setup XP floppy diskette set, but that takes a
bit of time to download and create and you have to plop the diskettes in
and out of the computer when you boot with the diskette set.
Nonetheless it is a useful alternative for users who have no other way
of booting to the Recovery Console.
How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994
You can obtain an ISO image of the Recovery console here and burn it to
CD:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/
Finally, yes you can put the disk in your external enclosure and edit
the file then return the disk to the computer. Keep in mind that the
boot.ini file is a Hidden, System, Read-Only file, you will have to
change its attributes to edit it. Use the Folder Options to view hidden
files and use the Windows Explorer GUI to change the read-only flag, or
you can change the attributes at the command prompt by navigating to the
directory holding the file and issuing the following command:
attrib -s -h -r Boot.ini
John
iontrap wrote:
> I can't find my XP setup disk but I have a Win2K setup disk. If I try this
> suggestion with the Win2K disk, there isn't a bootcfg command.
> Is there any way for me to open and edit the boot.ini form the command line?
> Or could I put the drive in my external enclosure and access the boot.ini
> file from my laptop?
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
>
>>Boot to the Recovery Console and use the BOOTCFG command to rebuild the
>>boot.ini file. When you used msconfig and selected the safe mode option
>>it added the /safeboot:minimal switch in the boot.ini file, you have to
>>remove that switch.
>>
>>A discussion about the Bootcfg command and its uses
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291980
>>
>>Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
>>
>>John
>>
>>iontrap wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have been having a problem running a game and tech support for the game
>>>company suggested booting into safe mode to install. Here is where my problem
>>>starts. I don't have any problems using f8 to get to select to boot into safe
>>>mode. When I would select safe mode the computer would not boot into safe
>>>mode, it would get to the screen where safe mode is in all four corners of
>>>the screen and the system would go directly to selecting which user to log in
>>>to. No matter which user I select the computer would reboot into regular
>>>windows.
>>>So, I entered msconfig>boot.ini and checked safe mode. Since then I have
>>>been in a continuous reboot. How can I get out of this cycle?
>>
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