Why no BOOTCFG utility on my system?

[Emerald Saint]

I found several references on the web that say I can get to BOOTCFG if I
simply type BOOTCFG in the Start Menu command prompt. I tried both the RUN
box and the Command Prompt , but neither works. So I searched my hard drive
for BOOTCFG and discovered there's no file by that name.

I found a procedure that will install the recovery console on my computer,
however the other references I found sound like I should already have the
capability from the Start Menu.
MY QUESTION: should I have BOOTCFG available from the Start Menu? Or is it
necessary to install the Recovery Console?

TIA Bill S.

 

[Curt Christianson]

HI Bill,

BOOTCFG is not a file, it is a command. Try this:

Click Start->Run->type cmd and press OK, at the command prompt type BOOTCFG
and press Enter on the keyboard.

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Curt

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|I found several references on the web that say I can get to BOOTCFG if I
| simply type BOOTCFG in the Start Menu command prompt. I tried both the
RUN
| box and the Command Prompt , but neither works. So I searched my hard
drive
| for BOOTCFG and discovered there's no file by that name.
|
| I found a procedure that will install the recovery console on my computer,
| however the other references I found sound like I should already have the
| capability from the Start Menu.
| MY QUESTION: should I have BOOTCFG available from the Start Menu? Or is
it
| necessary to install the Recovery Console?
|
| TIA Bill S.
|
|

 

[Emerald Saint]

I did what you said and I get the same result as I got before. It says:

'bootcfg' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

 

[Paul Randall]

There is a bootcfg.exe in my Windows/system32 folder on my WXp SP2 system.
You might go to start -> help & support and search for
command line a-z
Number 15 on my list is Command-line reference a-z. Go there, and you
should see documentation for the bootcfg program.

-Paul Randall

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

I found several references on the web that say I can get to BOOTCFG
if I simply type BOOTCFG in the Start Menu command prompt. I tried
both the RUN box and the Command Prompt , but neither works. So I
searched my hard drive for BOOTCFG and discovered there's no file by
that name.

I found a procedure that will install the recovery console on my
computer, however the other references I found sound like I should
already have the capability from the Start Menu.
MY QUESTION: should I have BOOTCFG available from the Start Menu?
Or is it necessary to install the Recovery Console?

Using "Start -> Help and Support", search on "bootcfg". Notice what
it says of WHEN you can run this program. It says the command "is
only available when you are using the <fill-in-the-blank>". It is a
recovery-mode program (and that's another hint of when you can use
bootcfg). If you need to edit boot.ini, you don't need to use bootcfg
when running under Windows full/safe modes.

 

[John John]

I stand to be corrected but I don't think that it is installed on XP Home.

John

 

[Emerald Saint]

Thanks everybody for your comments. The correct answer apparently is what
JohnJohn said. XP Home doesn't have the command line capability installed
by 'default'.
I found this link
http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci954199,00.html that
says that is how it is (of course the link could be wrong). Actually I
can't get BOOTCFG.EXE unless I steal it somewhere because I didn't get it
when I installed Recovery Console to the HD and I can't find it on me
installation CD either.

THAT'S OK. I don't really need it. I just couldn't figure out what the
problem was with my system.

 

[Emerald Saint]

Thanks everybody for your comments. The correct answer apparently is what
JohnJohn said. XP Home doesn't have the command line capability installed
by 'default'.
I found this link
http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci954199,00.html that
says that is how it is (of course the link could be wrong). Actually I
can't get BOOTCFG.EXE unless I steal it somewhere because I didn't get it
when I installed Recovery Console to the HD and I can't find it on me
installation CD either.

THAT'S OK. I don't really need it. I just couldn't figure out what the
problem was with my system.

 

[Curt Christianson]

I'm a little late getting this to you, but in the event you are still
watching this thread, this MS article may be of interest to you:

A discussion about the Bootcfg command and its uses
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291980

--
HTH,
Curt

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| Thanks everybody for your comments. The correct answer apparently is what
| JohnJohn said. XP Home doesn't have the command line capability installed
| by 'default'.
| I found this link
| http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci954199,00.html
that
| says that is how it is (of course the link could be wrong). Actually I
| can't get BOOTCFG.EXE unless I steal it somewhere because I didn't get it
| when I installed Recovery Console to the HD and I can't find it on me
| installation CD either.
|
| THAT'S OK. I don't really need it. I just couldn't figure out what the
| problem was with my system.
|
|
|
| | >I stand to be corrected but I don't think that it is installed on XP
Home.
| >
| > John
| >
| > Emerald Saint wrote:
| >
| >> I found several references on the web that say I can get to BOOTCFG if
I
| >> simply type BOOTCFG in the Start Menu command prompt. I tried both the
| >> RUN box and the Command Prompt , but neither works. So I searched my
| >> hard drive for BOOTCFG and discovered there's no file by that name.
| >>
| >> I found a procedure that will install the recovery console on my
| >> computer, however the other references I found sound like I should
| >> already have the capability from the Start Menu.
| >> MY QUESTION: should I have BOOTCFG available from the Start Menu? Or
is
| >> it necessary to install the Recovery Console?
| >>
| >> TIA Bill S.
|
|

 

[VanguardLH]

can't get BOOTCFG.EXE unless I steal it somewhere because I didn't
get it when I installed Recovery Console to the HD and I can't find
it on me installation CD either.

You won't see it in Windows when you *install* the recovery console
files. That is because many of the programs available in Recovery
Console mode get extracted from a compressed archive file (probably a
..cab file) onto a RAM disk. That is, those commands only exist when
you boot into Recovery Console mode. You won't see them listed in a
directory and file listing while booted into Windows. I suppose you
could try to extract it from the .cab file.