Editing the Boot.ini ...of DOOM??

[Aaron]

Hey -
heres the problem. I have 4 hard drives (3 IDE and 1 SATA) and 1 dvd drive.
I have one install of XP on the C: drive and I used to have the other
install on the F: drive which was the SATA drive. Now, i plugged in one of
my hard drives that i had disconnected for a while and it reallocated my
stupid SATA drive D: ARG. so now when i try to boot to it in that XP
startup boot menu it says cannot find some file, cannot start xp etc. So
annoying. Now, i know theres a way to edit the boot.ini to make it point to
the D: drive instead of the F: drive, but i have no clue how to read it.
Heres what it looks like:
----------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(SATA)Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(IDE)Professional" /fastdetect /KERNEL=LOGOOS.EXE
----------------------------
That second (IDE) one works because it was still the C: drive after moving
stuff around, but the first one (SATA) doesnt work for beans anymore. Any
idea how i can find out what all of those variables mean and how to find out
what to set it to so that it points to the D: drive? Thanks a lot!!
Aaron

 

[Kelly]

Aaron,

disk () is the hard drive number, partition () is the partition number.

A typical BOOT.INI file looks like this:

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

 

[Aaron]

alright, so if i wanted it to be on the d: drive (a SATA drive on its own
bus) then what would those numbers be?

Aaron,

disk () is the hard drive number, partition () is the partition number.

A typical BOOT.INI file looks like this:

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

Hey -
heres the problem. I have 4 hard drives (3 IDE and 1 SATA) and 1 dvd
drive.
I have one install of XP on the C: drive and I used to have the other
install on the F: drive which was the SATA drive. Now, i plugged in one
of
my hard drives that i had disconnected for a while and it reallocated my
stupid SATA drive D: ARG. so now when i try to boot to it in that XP
startup boot menu it says cannot find some file, cannot start xp etc. So
annoying. Now, i know theres a way to edit the boot.ini to make it point
to
the D: drive instead of the F: drive, but i have no clue how to read it.
Heres what it looks like:
----------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(SATA)Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(IDE)Professional" /fastdetect /KERNEL=LOGOOS.EXE
----------------------------
That second (IDE) one works because it was still the C: drive after moving
stuff around, but the first one (SATA) doesnt work for beans anymore. Any
idea how i can find out what all of those variables mean and how to find
out
what to set it to so that it points to the D: drive? Thanks a lot!!
Aaron

 

[Aaron]

cuz i kind of understand what all of those variables mean, but i need a way
to figure out what to set all those numbers to so that it points to my D
Drive. ive tried a few diff. things but none of them worked. so bleh.

alright, so if i wanted it to be on the d: drive (a SATA drive on its own
bus) then what would those numbers be?

Aaron,

disk () is the hard drive number, partition () is the partition number.

A typical BOOT.INI file looks like this:

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

Hey -
heres the problem. I have 4 hard drives (3 IDE and 1 SATA) and 1 dvd
drive.
I have one install of XP on the C: drive and I used to have the other
install on the F: drive which was the SATA drive. Now, i plugged in one
of
my hard drives that i had disconnected for a while and it reallocated my
stupid SATA drive D: ARG. so now when i try to boot to it in that XP
startup boot menu it says cannot find some file, cannot start xp etc. So
annoying. Now, i know theres a way to edit the boot.ini to make it point
to
the D: drive instead of the F: drive, but i have no clue how to read it.
Heres what it looks like:
----------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(SATA)Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(IDE)Professional" /fastdetect /KERNEL=LOGOOS.EXE
----------------------------
That second (IDE) one works because it was still the C: drive after moving
stuff around, but the first one (SATA) doesnt work for beans anymore. Any
idea how i can find out what all of those variables mean and how to find
out
what to set it to so that it points to the D: drive? Thanks a lot!!
Aaron

 

[Kelly]

Hi Aaron,

Do some reading here: http://tinyurl.com/2qd7t and
http://tinyurl.com/2s7dr

alright, so if i wanted it to be on the d: drive (a SATA drive on its own
bus) then what would those numbers be?

Aaron,

disk () is the hard drive number, partition () is the partition number.

A typical BOOT.INI file looks like this:

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"

How to Edit the BOOT.INI File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp

Hey -
heres the problem. I have 4 hard drives (3 IDE and 1 SATA) and 1 dvd
drive.
I have one install of XP on the C: drive and I used to have the other
install on the F: drive which was the SATA drive. Now, i plugged in
one
of
my hard drives that i had disconnected for a while and it reallocated
my
stupid SATA drive D: ARG. so now when i try to boot to it in that XP
startup boot menu it says cannot find some file, cannot start xp etc. So
annoying. Now, i know theres a way to edit the boot.ini to make it point
to
the D: drive instead of the F: drive, but i have no clue how to read
it.
Heres what it looks like:
----------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(SATA)Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
(IDE)Professional" /fastdetect /KERNEL=LOGOOS.EXE
----------------------------
That second (IDE) one works because it was still the C: drive after moving
stuff around, but the first one (SATA) doesnt work for beans anymore. Any
idea how i can find out what all of those variables mean and how to
find
out
what to set it to so that it points to the D: drive? Thanks a lot!!
Aaron