default xp files

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Does Windows XP have the following files
autoexec.ba
config.sy
io.sy
msdos.sy
ntbootdd.sys
 
Hi,

No, except for ntbootdd.sys, those are from older Win9x operating systems.
Why?

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

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Kelley said:
Does Windows XP have the following files:
autoexec.bat
config.sys
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It probably has empty files of those names around to pacify old programs
that may want to look in them for themselves. It does not use either
itself, nor the two DOS boot files
io.sys
msdos.sys
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Any of the four though would still be used if you have a dual boot setup
to boot a Windows 95/98/ME system as well

I'm not sure where
ntbootdd.sys
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comes from - it is not usually around in XP, but may be some driver
needed in special cases, so if it *is* around I would leave it. Come to
that, if *any* of them are around I would not bother to delete them
 
Well, at work I'm supposed to run a vulnerability test on an XP box, I've only used XP once but they gave me some official document telling me what to check and I couldn't find these files. I'm thinking it's a cut and paste job from a windows 2000 test case document. Does XP have similar files maybe with different names?
 
Hi Kelley,

WinXP boot files are ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini

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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



Kelley said:
Well, at work I'm supposed to run a vulnerability test on an XP box, I've
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only used XP once but they gave me some official document telling me what to
check and I couldn't find these files. I'm thinking it's a cut and paste
job from a windows 2000 test case document. Does XP have similar files
maybe with different names?
 
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