** Boot.ini is not a valid file ?

N

NeoSadist

°°° Astyannax °°° said:
Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks

Uh, copy the backup to where the main file is supposed to exist?
 
°

°°° Astyannax °°°

Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks
 
R

Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Hi,

Boot the WinXP CD, load the Recovery Console. From the command prompt,
delete boot.ini from the root of the existing system partition. Then run
bootcfg /rebuild. When finished remove the CD and restart normally.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks
 
R

Randy Byrne

Boot.ini is a hidden system file in the root directory (usually c:\).

To show this file in Explorer:

1. Click Start, click Run, type:
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 0
2. Click OK
3. click on the View tab
4. scroll down the Advanced Setting window and...
5. Select "Show hidden files and folders"
6. Uncheck "Hide Extensions for known file types
7. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files
8. Click Apply
9. Click OK

You should then be able to see the boot.ini file. Post what it says here, so that may
help you.

Randy Byrne
JAHP


Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks
 
°

°°° Astyannax °°°

Thanks for trying to help...
I do have Unchecked "Hide Extensions for known file types
& "Hide protected operating system files...
But I don't have a *boot.ini file*
I only have foud a *boot.ini.backup* in the directory C:/windows/pss

??? Am I right if I use & rename this *boot.ini.backup * as *boot.ini*
and make a copy of this file in C:/


"Randy Byrne" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de | Boot.ini is a hidden system file in the root directory (usually c:\).
|
| To show this file in Explorer:
|
| 1. Click Start, click Run, type:
| rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 0
| 2. Click OK
| 3. click on the View tab
| 4. scroll down the Advanced Setting window and...
| 5. Select "Show hidden files and folders"
| 6. Uncheck "Hide Extensions for known file types
| 7. Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files
| 8. Click Apply
| 9. Click OK
|
| You should then be able to see the boot.ini file. Post what it says here, so that may
| help you.
|
| Randy Byrne
| JAHP
|
|
| | Hi,
| When starting my PC, this message appears :
| *** The file Boot.ini is not valid
| *** Starting on C:/windows...
|
| Then, everithing seems OK
|
| Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
| boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss
|
| Is there a way to fix that ?
|
| Thanks
|
|
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select:

Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit

CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file.
Your boot.ini file should then look similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks
 
°

°°° Astyannax °°°

No boot.ini found ......unable to edit

In the boot.ini.backup I have, I can read this :
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professionnel" /fastdetect

Can I use this file as boot.ini in C:/ ???





"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de | Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select:
|
| Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit
|
| CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file.
| Your boot.ini file should then look similar to this:
|
| [boot loader]
| timeout=30
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
|
| --
| Carey Frisch
| Microsoft MVP
| Windows XP - Shell/User
|
| Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
| http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| "°°° Astyannax °°°" wrote:
|
| Hi,
| When starting my PC, this message appears :
| *** The file Boot.ini is not valid
| *** Starting on C:/windows...
|
| Then, everithing seems OK
|
| Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
| boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss
|
| Is there a way to fix that ?
|
| Thanks
|
 
R

Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Same answer as I already gave you in another group.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks
 
V

Vanguardx

°°° Astyannax °°° said:
Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks

Since you can still boot okay into Windows XP, run "msconfig.exe", go
under the Boot.ini tab, and use the option to check for valid paths.

Warning: There is a defect in this function. If you have the Recovery
Console installed, you'll get a false warning about an invalid OS path;
see http://snipurl.com/9ild. Microsoft's dual/multibooting works
differently than boot managers. Boot managers sit the MBR's bootstrap
code area and that program lets you pick which partition to use for
loading an OS. Microsoft doesn't do that but instead leaves the
standard MBR bootstrap program in place (so it reads the partition table
to see which is the currently active-marked primary partition), lets it
load the partition's boot sector, and then loads NTLDR which will read
boot.ini. If the boot.ini points to an OS path then it continue the
boot process to load the OS files in that path. If the boot.ini points
to a file, it is supposed to be a substitute for the boot program in the
partition's boot sector. The Recovery Console uses a .dat file, MS-DOS
will have a bootsect.dos file, and other OS's might have some other file
specified in boot.ini. So NTLDR loads the boot program in the .dat file
specified by boot.ini and that OS loads. That's just my observation as
I haven't found good information on the mechanics of Microsoft's
dual-boot. Anyone have more details on how boot.ini is actually used
and how the .dat (or .dos) files get implemented in booting the
alternate OS (more than what http://support.microsoft.com/?id=101787
describes)?

So anything that loads via boot.ini but uses a .dat file to supplant the
boot program in the partition's boot sector to load a different OS will
get reported as an invalid OS path by the msconfig utility.
 
V

Vanguardx

°°° Astyannax °°° said:
No boot.ini found ......unable to edit

In the boot.ini.backup I have, I can read this :
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professionnel" /fastdetect

Can I use this file as boot.ini in C:/ ???

Do you have only 1 hard drive on which there is only 1 primary
partition? If C: is on the first drive and in the first partition then
it should work. Just make sure all of the '... WINDOWS="Microsoft
Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect' is on the same line (i.e., make
sure if the line shows up wrapped that it is just due to the size of the
editor window and didn't actually get truncated with the rest pushed
onto a new separate line.
 
P

Patti MacLeod

Hi °°° Astyannax °°°,

See if the information in this MSKB article, ""Invalid Boot.ini" or "Windows
could not start" error messages when you start your computer", helps you to
resolve the problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330184



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks
 
°

°°° Astyannax °°°

Hi again

I just would know if I copy my *boot.ini.backup* as *boot.ini* in C:/
- will it work ?
- can it cause troubles in starting again Win xp ?
- I have no other partitions on my HD ( only C:/ )

Here is the content of that file :
--------------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professionnel" /fastdetect
--------------------------------------
Thank U



"Patti MacLeod" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de | Hi °°° Astyannax °°°,
|
| See if the information in this MSKB article, ""Invalid Boot.ini" or "Windows
| could not start" error messages when you start your computer", helps you to
| resolve the problem:
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330184
|
|
|
| Regards,
|
| --
| Patti MacLeod
| Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
|
| | Hi,
| When starting my PC, this message appears :
| *** The file Boot.ini is not valid
| *** Starting on C:/windows...
|
| Then, everithing seems OK
|
| Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
| boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss
|
| Is there a way to fix that ?
|
| Thanks
|
|
 
K

Kent Betts

As I recall boot.ini was one of the main Windows system files in Windows
95, and that the file is hidden, so the fact that the only one you see is
in another folder is not useful.

The boot.ini file even has to be put on the disk via a special procedure
as, unlike other files, it has to be in a specific location on the drive.

I sort of thought boot.ini would have been retired with XP. I guess it
is either still used or is required to run heritage software.

This is about all I know about it....just a user, not an expert.
 
M

MAC GYVER

"°°° Astyannax °°°" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message
news: (e-mail address removed)...
Hi,
When starting my PC, this message appears :
*** The file Boot.ini is not valid
*** Starting on C:/windows...

Then, everithing seems OK

Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss

Is there a way to fix that ?

Thanks

-------
Hi,
Rename boot.ini.backup in boot.ini.

By.

PS: this forum is in french.
 
°

°°° Astyannax °°°

Thaks to all : it works !
I have made a copy of boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss
towards C:/ and renamed as boot.ini

AST

"MAC GYVER" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de |
| "°°° Astyannax °°°" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message
| news: (e-mail address removed)...
| Hi,
| When starting my PC, this message appears :
| *** The file Boot.ini is not valid
| *** Starting on C:/windows...
|
| Then, everithing seems OK
|
| Searching on my PC, I only have this file :
| boot.ini.backup in the directory C:/windows/pss
|
| Is there a way to fix that ?
|
| Thanks
|
| -------
| Hi,
| Rename boot.ini.backup in boot.ini.
|
| By.
|
| PS: this forum is in french.
|
 

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