Best place for NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM: C:\ or C:\WINNT ?

[Tom Parson]

Where is the official place for the two Win200 core files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM ?
Is this C:\ or C:\WINNT ?

Does a move of the two files affect the booting process?

Or are both directories part of the path search chain where Win2000 searches for the two
files?

Tom

 

[Gary Smith]

These files must be in the root of the drive from which the system is
being booted. Only the root directory is visible during a boot. The boot
process knows nothing of paths.

Where is the official place for the two Win200 core files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM ?
Is this C:\ or C:\WINNT ?