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John Bailey
I've tried to make a boot disc by copying NTLDR and NTDETECT.com from the
folder I386 as instructed on http://support.microsoft.com but I cannot
find the file Boot.ini on my PC or on my recovery XP Pro CD-ROM.
Can anybody please advise?
Below is the instruction I found on the Microsoft site.
Kind regards
John B
Create a Boot Floppy Disk with a Windows XP-Based Computer
1. Format a floppy disk by using the Windows XP format utility. For
example, with the floppy disk in the floppy disk drive, type format a: at a
command prompt, and then press ENTER.
2. Copy the Ntldr and the Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on
the Windows XP Setup CD-ROM, Windows XP Setup floppy disk, or from a
computer that is running the same version of Windows XP as the computer that
you want to access with the boot floppy.
3. Create a Boot.ini file (or copy one from a computer that is running
Windows XP), and then modify it to match the computer that you are trying to
access. The following example works for a single-partition IDE drive with
Windows XP installed in the \Windows folder, but the exact value in the
[operating systems] section depends on the configuration of the Windows XP
computer that you are trying to access:
[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="Windows XP"
folder I386 as instructed on http://support.microsoft.com but I cannot
find the file Boot.ini on my PC or on my recovery XP Pro CD-ROM.
Can anybody please advise?
Below is the instruction I found on the Microsoft site.
Kind regards
John B
Create a Boot Floppy Disk with a Windows XP-Based Computer
1. Format a floppy disk by using the Windows XP format utility. For
example, with the floppy disk in the floppy disk drive, type format a: at a
command prompt, and then press ENTER.
2. Copy the Ntldr and the Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on
the Windows XP Setup CD-ROM, Windows XP Setup floppy disk, or from a
computer that is running the same version of Windows XP as the computer that
you want to access with the boot floppy.
3. Create a Boot.ini file (or copy one from a computer that is running
Windows XP), and then modify it to match the computer that you are trying to
access. The following example works for a single-partition IDE drive with
Windows XP installed in the \Windows folder, but the exact value in the
[operating systems] section depends on the configuration of the Windows XP
computer that you are trying to access:
[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="Windows XP"