Another "Invalid BOOT.INI File" Question

[Guest]

I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At that point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\" The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again. It will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears ok. It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\" The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again. It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears ok. It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Guest]

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\" The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again. It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears ok. It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again. It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Guest]

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can see that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again. It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[R. McCarty]

Which MicroDrive ( 3K6 ) ? - by what technology is it connected to
the Tyan MB ? Windows has restrictions on installation to what it
considers to be a "Removable" disk drive.

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format
since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can see
that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only
one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of
the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

:


I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a
Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation
proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At
that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again.
It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the
problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears
ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Guest]

It is a Hitachi 4GB Microdrive Model: HMS360404D5CF00 P/N: 13G1768 connected
to the MB using a CF-IDE adapter. This is my first attempt at a Win XP Pro
installation. We previously used a similar Tyan MB and this same microdrive
with Win2K with success. That MB is no longer available. The switch to XP
Pro is driven by a problem the new MB has installing Win2K.

Which MicroDrive ( 3K6 ) ? - by what technology is it connected to
the Tyan MB ? Windows has restrictions on installation to what it
considers to be a "Removable" disk drive.

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format
since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can see
that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only
one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of
the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

:


I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a
Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation
proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At
that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again.
It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the
problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears
ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Unicode files look the same as ASCII files when using TYPE.
Opening the file with notepad.exe, then using the Save As
function will tell you.

Re-installing Windows because of this little problem is
equivalent to buying a new car when running out of petrol.
To remove some of the current confusion I would create a
WinXP boot diskette (which takes five minutes) and boot
the machine with it. This will quickly tell you what's going on.

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format
since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can see
that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only
one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of
the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

:


I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a
Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation
proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At
that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again.
It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the
problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears
ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[R. McCarty]

Appreciate the details, so the drive is actually connected to a PATA
connector on the Tyan MB. I'm interested in "Solid State" drives &
haven't yet had to chance to experiment/work with any. I would setup
a traditional disk with XP and then Image that to the MicroDrive. It
would allow you to customize and get XP into a small footprint mode
that will run on the uDrive. How is the performance ? I was under the
impression that MicroDrives only had a 5-10 Megabyte transfer rate.

It is a Hitachi 4GB Microdrive Model: HMS360404D5CF00 P/N: 13G1768
connected
to the MB using a CF-IDE adapter. This is my first attempt at a Win XP
Pro
installation. We previously used a similar Tyan MB and this same
microdrive
with Win2K with success. That MB is no longer available. The switch to
XP
Pro is driven by a problem the new MB has installing Win2K.

Which MicroDrive ( 3K6 ) ? - by what technology is it connected to
the Tyan MB ? Windows has restrictions on installation to what it
considers to be a "Removable" disk drive.

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format
since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can
see
that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only
one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

:

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of
the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >.
My
mistake.

See anything else?

:


message
I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a
Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation
proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At
that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from
C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over
again.
It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used
the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the
problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and
appears
ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Guest]

There appears to be some confusion, but I was never able to complete the
initial Windows installation. I went back, deleted the active partition, and
reformatted the microdrive. So far there have been no "invalid BOOT.INI
file" errors, and the installation is proceeding as expected. I'm keeping my
fingers crossed.

Unicode files look the same as ASCII files when using TYPE.
Opening the file with notepad.exe, then using the Save As
function will tell you.

Re-installing Windows because of this little problem is
equivalent to buying a new car when running out of petrol.
To remove some of the current confusion I would create a
WinXP boot diskette (which takes five minutes) and boot
the machine with it. This will quickly tell you what's going on.

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format
since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can see
that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only
one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of
the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >. My
mistake.

See anything else?

:


I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a
Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation
proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At
that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over again.
It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the
problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and appears
ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

 

[Guest]

I may be misunderstanding your use of "Solid State", but the microdrive is
actually spinning media. There are three published transfer rates:

Media Transfer Rate (max. Mbits/sec): 5.71 - 97.9
Interface Transfer Rate (max. MB/sec)²: 33
Sustained Data Rate (MB/sec): 4.3 - 7.2

We use the microdrive in marine control system applications, so the
environmental characteristics (shock & vib) are more important than the
transfer rate. There is not much disk I/O.

I like the idea of being able to customize XP into a smaller footprint.
There are a lot of features that we just don't use. I'm just not savy enough
to start stripping applications out.

Appreciate the details, so the drive is actually connected to a PATA
connector on the Tyan MB. I'm interested in "Solid State" drives &
haven't yet had to chance to experiment/work with any. I would setup
a traditional disk with XP and then Image that to the MicroDrive. It
would allow you to customize and get XP into a small footprint mode
that will run on the uDrive. How is the performance ? I was under the
impression that MicroDrives only had a 5-10 Megabyte transfer rate.

It is a Hitachi 4GB Microdrive Model: HMS360404D5CF00 P/N: 13G1768
connected
to the MB using a CF-IDE adapter. This is my first attempt at a Win XP
Pro
installation. We previously used a similar Tyan MB and this same
microdrive
with Win2K with success. That MB is no longer available. The switch to
XP
Pro is driven by a problem the new MB has installing Win2K.

Which MicroDrive ( 3K6 ) ? - by what technology is it connected to
the Tyan MB ? Windows has restrictions on installation to what it
considers to be a "Removable" disk drive.

Well I must assume (I know... I know) that the file is in ASCII format
since
Windows created it, and I can read it using the TYPE command. I can
see
that
the file is also located in the root directory (C:\), and there is only
one
partition on this microdrive.

It appears that all there is left for me to do, is to delete the active
partition and start all over again.

Thanks for the assistance.

:

There is nothing wrong with your boot.ini after you put
in the correct brackets. Since Windows complains, there
could be either of these problems:
- The file was saved in Unicode format. It must be plain ASCII.
- The file you post is not the file that Windows uses. The boot
loader looks for boot.ini in the root directory of the active
partition.

Sorry Pegasus... you are correct. As I look closer at the screen of
the
BOOT.INI listing, I can tell that the brackets are ( ) and not < >.
My
mistake.

See anything else?

:


message
I am performing a new Windows XP Professional installation on a
Hitachi
microdrive attached to a Tyan motherboard. The installation
proceeds
smoothly until the first reboot to continue the installation. At
that
point
I get the error, "Invalid BOOT.INI file. Booting from
C:\WINDOWS\"
The
system performs a warm boot and starts the process all over
again.
It
will
continue rebooting until I stop it.

I followed the steps in Knowledgebase Article #330184 and used
the
BOOTCFG
/REBUILD tool to fix the BOOT.INI file. This did not fix the
problem.

The BOOT.INI file is located in the root C:\ directory and
appears
ok.
It
contains:

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi<0>disk<0>rdisk<0>partition<1>\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Any suggestions?

stgislander
Island Engineering, Inc.

The file uses the wrong type of bracket. It should like like so:
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect