Window XP Pro Boot problem...

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Gil

Have Windows XP Pro on a Dell for over two years and no major problem
until August 26th. Installed an update of Netscape and something happen
during or before install that caused me to loose about half my programs
and files. Have the Icons on the desktop but no files. Windows
Explorer does not even show them. On "Boot Up" an error pops up stating
"Invalid boot ini file C:\Windows\"
Have tried "Restore" in both regular mode and "safe mode" and it can not
restore regardless of date I choose. Checked "Properties" in "Control
Panel" Systems to find boot up. And get "Cannot find the C:\boot.ini.file".
About half my programs work and half do not. Some of the ones that
don't are my "Anti-virus" program and none of my mail programs (I have
three mail programs). Sending this out of Netscape 7.2, which loaded
and is working okay.
How do I load a boot file? Don't understand how my system boots up
without a "Boot ini file". I am not a wiz on computers, probably rate
myself as "Intermediate". For an "old fart" who is retired I guess that
may be pretty good.
Thanks for any help or suggestions,
Gil
 
Theres an application included with XP Pro that will create/edit the
boot.ini
file. Whether it works for you or not is another story. Click
Start/Run. In the text box type "bootcfg.exe" Hopefully this isn't
one of your programs that got "discombobulated". haha. You might
also want to try boot from a recovery/boot disk and run "fixboot". I
hope this was helpful.
Best of Luck
-Bobby
 
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