boot.ini

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Unable to locate Boot.ini on W2k test server. View has been changed to display system files. Search boot.ini, boot.* & *.ini does not provide location. System is Win2K server SP4 Dell PE700 with serial ATA.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You'll find it always in the root of the system partition.
Start|Run|edit C:\boot.ini

(assumes C:\ is the system partition)

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| Unable to locate Boot.ini on W2k test server. View has been changed to
display system files. Search boot.ini, boot.* & *.ini does not provide
location. System is Win2K server SP4 Dell PE700 with serial ATA.

 

[George Hester]

Well not really. It will ALWAYS be found where in the Registry this key's HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup value BootDir data points to. Yes that it is 9 times out of 10 on the root of the Operating System the %SystemDrive% but not always. Note the value for BootDir is not an evironment variable.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

C:\Boot.ini is a hidden, protected system file at the root of your
C: drive. You need to set Windows Explorer to display such files. In
Windows Explorer, Tools > Folder Options > View, select "Show hidden
files and folders," and deselect "Hide protected operating system
files."

Alternatively, from a command prompt, type:

1) "ATTRIB C:\BOOT.INI -h -s -r"
2) "edit c:\boot.ini"
3) After saving the edited file, "ATTRIB C:\BOOT.INI +h +s +r"


Bruce Chambers
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Unable to locate Boot.ini on W2k test server. View has been changed

to display system files. Search boot.ini, boot.* & *.ini does not
provide location. System is Win2K server SP4 Dell PE700 with serial
ATA.

 

[Dave Patrick]

There is a difference between system partition and %systemdrive%

The system partition is the primary active partition where the files
required to start the OS reside. (home for ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini,
and possibly others)

The %systemdrive% variable points the root of the drive where the
%systemroot% was installed to.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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Well not really. It will ALWAYS be found where in the Registry this key's
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup value
BootDir data points to. Yes that it is 9 times out of 10 on the root of the
Operating System the %SystemDrive% but not always. Note the value for
BootDir is not an evironment variable.