Where is "Boot.ini"?

[Don J]

I;ve got a program called "Restart" that uses "Boot.ini". At the moment it
can't find it, so it does't work. For some 12 months it has been working
fine.

I do a search over all partitions for "Boot.ini", and nothing is found
When I do a search with "Ransack" I do find it. It is located on a crazy
partition, "Drive I": I am usmg an HP computer and Drive I: contains some
presently unused files that came with the computer. The directory has not
been used for as long as I have had the computer. If I use "Windows
Explorer" to do a search for "Boot.ini" on Drive I: I can't find it

How do I make "Boot.ini" available to "Restart"?

Don J

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[straiton]

I;ve got a program called "Restart" that uses "Boot.ini". At the moment
it can't find it, so it does't work. For some 12 months it has been
working fine.

I do a search over all partitions for "Boot.ini", and nothing is found
When I do a search with "Ransack" I do find it. It is located on a crazy
partition, "Drive I": I am usmg an HP computer and Drive I: contains some
presently unused files that came with the computer. The directory has not
been used for as long as I have had the computer. If I use "Windows
Explorer" to do a search for "Boot.ini" on Drive I: I can't find it

How do I make "Boot.ini" available to "Restart"?

Don J

open explorer
select tools>folder options>view
enable "show hidden files and folders"
boot.ini should now be visible on your the windows install drive, usually C:

 

[David Webb]

|
| | > I;ve got a program called "Restart" that uses "Boot.ini". At the moment
| > it can't find it, so it does't work. For some 12 months it has been
| > working fine.
| >
| > I do a search over all partitions for "Boot.ini", and nothing is found
| > When I do a search with "Ransack" I do find it. It is located on a crazy
| > partition, "Drive I": I am usmg an HP computer and Drive I: contains some
| > presently unused files that came with the computer. The directory has not
| > been used for as long as I have had the computer. If I use "Windows
| > Explorer" to do a search for "Boot.ini" on Drive I: I can't find it
| >
| > How do I make "Boot.ini" available to "Restart"?
| >
| > Don J
| >
|

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| >
| >
| open explorer
| select tools>folder options>view
| enable "show hidden files and folders"
| boot.ini should now be visible on your the windows install drive, usually C:

The boot.ini file is a hidden system file. In order to make it visible, one must
uncheck the "Hide protected operating system files" setting.

 

[Andy]

Boot.ini resides in the Windows system partition. The system partition
is identified by running Disk Management and checking the status of
the partitions. Then in the root directory of the system partition,
executing the command dir /ah in a command prompt window should show
boot.ini.