Invalid boot.ini file

[Charles May]

I am now receiving the following error when I reboot my
computer:

"Invalid boot.ini file"
"Booting from c:\winnt"

Can someone tell me why I am receiving this message?

Earlier this morning almost all of my desktop icons and
all of my quicklaunch icons disappeared, and 99% of my
start programs folders were empty...this is after
receiving "chat error" messages when logged on Yahoo Chat.

Can anyone tell me how to fix these problems??????

 

[andy]

-----Original Message-----
I am now receiving the following error when I reboot my
computer:

"Invalid boot.ini file"
"Booting from c:\winnt"

Can someone tell me why I am receiving this message?

Earlier this morning almost all of my desktop icons and
all of my quicklaunch icons disappeared, and 99% of my
start programs folders were empty...this is after
receiving "chat error" messages when logged on Yahoo Chat.

Can anyone tell me how to fix these problems??????
.
Not sure about the chat stuff; when is the last time you

did a system scan for viruses? Anyway... once the
machine boots, look for the hidden system file boot.ini
and see what is in it.