boot.ini

[Angie]

Today when I rebooted the computer, a message came up
saying "invalid boot.ini, booting from c:\windows." I
went into msconfig, and in the General tab, "use original
boot.ini" is checked. In the boot.ini tab, only two lines
are there: the [boot loader] and timeout=30. If you try
and click anywhere on the box, the System Configuration
Utility screen pops up with the send/don't send options.
I tried safe mode with the same results. Everything seems
to work fine, other than the boot problem. Is there any
way to correct this and add the other 3 lines to the
boot.ini file? I can't even do a repair install. It won't
give me that option. Will the bootcfg help me out? Thanks
for any help you can offer.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Angie,

You need to boot the Recovery Console, run bootcfg /rebuild from the command
prompt:

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

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone