Boot after XP aborted setup/ Win Setup/ Win Recovery Console / Win

[Guest]

Had a virus & trojan horse infection... seems to be cleared up now after much
gyration. At one point I started a reinstall of XP Pro, now boot up wants to
continue this 9aborted) install. How do I get system back to a "normal" boot
to XP pro?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Could you please post the contents of the boot.ini file?

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi Rick,

You can edit the boot.ini file to get rid of the reference to the aborted
setup.

Currently, the file probably looks something like this:

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"


to get rid of the "WIN XP Setup" boot menu option, delete the line:
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"
Now you'll have to get rid of the C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT as default
choice in boot menu and change it to:
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

You can alter the time values (i.e., timeout= ) to be the length of time in
seconds that you want the boot menu displayed.

When you're done editing the file, go to File>Save and File>Exit



Regards,

 

[Guest]

Just searched all hidden & system folders... no "boot.ini" found...where do I
look?

 

[Dave Patrick]

In the root of the system partition (usually C:\)

Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
and folders" *and* also uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
files".

Patti's reply is correct.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Just searched all hidden & system folders... no "boot.ini" found...where
do I
| look?
|
| "Will Denny" wrote:
|
| > Hi
| >
| > Could you please post the contents of the boot.ini file?
| >
| > --
| >
| > Will Denny
| > MS-MVP - Windows Shell/User
| > Please reply to the News Groups
| >
| >
| > | > > Had a virus & trojan horse infection... seems to be cleared up now
after
| > > much
| > > gyration. At one point I started a reinstall of XP Pro, now boot up
wants
| > > to
| > > continue this 9aborted) install. How do I get system back to a
"normal"
| > > boot
| > > to XP pro?
| >
| >
| >

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

The boot.ini file is in the system folder of you system. It is needed to
boot your system, so it must be there. From a command prompt type

cd\
dir boot.ini /a/s