Patching ntldr

[Jack B. Pollack]

I have a laptop with a bad F8 key on the keyboard. The only thing I use the
F8 key for is the occasional boot menu. Anyone know if there is a way to
patch ntldr (Win XP Pro SP2) to use another function key (F9)?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try creating a boot floppy or add the lines to boot.ini located in the root
of the system partition. Here's an example;

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS "Normal Startup"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS /SAFEBOOT:MINIMAL ="No Network"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS /SAFEBOOT:NETWORK ="With
Network"

( note: rdisk(0)partition(1) means OS installed on disk 0 partition 1)

(watch for line wrap)


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Regards,

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

 

[db]

you can boot up
with the win cd
and into the
recovery console.

at the prompt you
can manage the
ntldr file the old
fashion way...

- db
I have a laptop with a bad F8 key on the keyboard. The only thing I use the
F8 key for is the occasional boot menu. Anyone know if there is a way to
patch ntldr (Win XP Pro SP2) to use another function key (F9)?

 

[John John]

If the F8 key fails you can put F8 boot options in the boot.ini file.
The /safebootarameter and /LASTKNOWNGOOD would be the options most
often used when accessing the F8 menu.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/information/bootini.mspx

John

 

[Guest]

test

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]

Try creating a boot floppy or add the lines to boot.ini located in the root
of the system partition. Here's an example;

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS "Normal Startup"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS /SAFEBOOT:MINIMAL ="No Network"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS /SAFEBOOT:NETWORK ="With
Network"

( note: rdisk(0)partition(1) means OS installed on disk 0 partition 1)

(watch for line wrap)


--

Regards,

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

I have a laptop with a bad F8 key on the keyboard. The only thing I use the
F8 key for is the occasional boot menu. Anyone know if there is a way to
patch ntldr (Win XP Pro SP2) to use another function key (F9)?

 

[Guest]

test2

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]