Boot.ini tab does not show in msconfig.exe if boot drive isnt C drive.

[Tim Leonard]

Hi

I reinstalled Windows XP Pro and setup picked L as the drive letter for my
boot drive. Unfortunately msconfig cant see the boot.ini file so therefore
the boot.ini tab does not show. I have tested this by mapping the boot drive
of another machine to the C drive and when this is done the boot.ini tab
shows in msconfig. Can this be fixed in SP2 ?

regards

Tim

 

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"Tim Leonard" said in news:[email protected]:

Hi

I reinstalled Windows XP Pro and setup picked L as the drive letter
for my boot drive. Unfortunately msconfig cant see the boot.ini file
so therefore the boot.ini tab does not show. I have tested this by
mapping the boot drive of another machine to the C drive and when
this is done the boot.ini tab shows in msconfig. Can this be fixed in
SP2 ?

regards

Tim

This is not a Microsoft technical support communications channel. This is a
newsgroup manned by your peers providing free help (or opinions). If you
want to report a bug, try using the feedback link on Microsoft's web site
(under the "Contact Us" link).

 

[Tim Leonard]

Ahhh OK thanks !

"Tim Leonard" said in news:[email protected]:

This is not a Microsoft technical support communications channel. This is a
newsgroup manned by your peers providing free help (or opinions). If you
want to report a bug, try using the feedback link on Microsoft's web site
(under the "Contact Us" link).

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Tim Leonard" said in news:e%[email protected]:

Ahhh OK thanks !

Seems like part of my post got truncated. Don't know why. You should still
send Microsoft feedback as they aren't looking here, and we peers can't
modify Microsoft's code.

If you run "attrib c:\boot.ini" in a DOS shell, are the system and hidden
file attributes set on this file?

Is the "L:" drive actually the "system drive" as defined by Microsoft at
"Definition of System Partition and Boot Partition"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314470)? When you boot (using the
instance of Windows on L, what do you get when you run "echo
%systemdrive%" in a DOS shell? That should be the same drive and partition
where is NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and (I think) NTDETECT.COM.

You mention doing a reinstall. What drive letter was Windows XP installed
on before? C: or L:? If it was C: and you did another install (not
reinstall) on L: then it sounds like you have a parallel installation of
Windows XP - unless L: is now what C: used to be (i.e., L: is the same
physical drive and partition as was C.