No Boot.ini file? Possible?

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I have been looking for my boot.ini file. I can not find
it. I have hidden files/folders visible and have used the
search also with no luck. I don't think I have one...is
this possible? If not...then why can't I find it? Thanks
 
Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View, then radio button for "Show hidden files
and folders", then uncheck the box for "Hide protected operating system
files" to locate the files in the system partition.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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| I have been looking for my boot.ini file. I can not find
| it. I have hidden files/folders visible and have used the
| search also with no luck. I don't think I have one...is
| this possible? If not...then why can't I find it? Thanks
 
+Jared said:
I have been looking for my boot.ini file. I can not find
it. I have hidden files/folders visible and have used the
search also with no luck. I don't think I have one...is
this possible? If not...then why can't I find it? Thanks

the legit boot.ini (it is totally possible to have more than one) is
located in the root of the system partition. Go into Disk Management
and it will tell you which drive letter is your system partition.

You can then either follow Dave's suggestion, or just open a command
prompt, which, IMHO, is soooo much easier.

cd /d [system partition drive letter]:\
dir boot.ini /a

hth
 

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