Invalid Boot.ini

[Guest]

Anyway we just moved & I can not find my originaL full version XP Pro cd to
attempt repairs. Having said that if I were to purchase an XP Pro upgrade,
would the program work or does it as to be original one? TiA.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Anyway we just moved & I can not find my originaL full version XP Pro cd
to
attempt repairs. Having said that if I were to purchase an XP Pro upgrade,
would the program work or does it as to be original one? TiA.

For this, you may just need the recovery console, and you're in luck.

Any bootable XP CD can be used for this - you can borrow one for the few
minutes it takes to fix this. You can, IIRC, even use an XP Home CD.

Borrow the CD, boot from it, and follow the instructions here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184

HTH
-pk

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You can run the Recovery Console from the Microsoft Windows XP startup disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM. For more information about how to create Startup disks for Windows XP (they are not included with Windows XP), visit the following link to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/
"Obtaining Windows XP Setup boot disks"

After loading the Recovery Console, you use the BootCfg /rebuild command to regenerate the missing Boot.ini file. See the following article for more information.

"Invalid Boot.ini" or "Windows could not start" error messages when you start your computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Anyway we just moved & I can not find my originaL full version XP Pro cd to
attempt repairs. Having said that if I were to purchase an XP Pro upgrade,
would the program work or does it as to be original one? TiA.

 

[Guest]

For this, you may just need the recovery console, and you're in luck.

Any bootable XP CD can be used for this - you can borrow one for the few
minutes it takes to fix this. You can, IIRC, even use an XP Home CD.

Borrow the CD, boot from it, and follow the instructions here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184

HTH
-pk

Thanks a lot.
What is IIRC?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Thanks a lot.
What is IIRC?

If I Recall Correctly