re: Damaged BOOT.INI file...
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(23824 messages posted)
You can d/l a Universal Boot Disk from here:
http://soft.softoogle.com/ap/universal-boot-disk-download-2474.shtml
then learn how to edit the boot.ini file here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022
Google is your friend, these were the first two hits on google searches for each.
On Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 10:18 am, thorsak wrote:
>Hi:
>Could anyone advise me what are the precise steps to rebuild a damaged BOOT.INI?
> Here is a brief description of my PC-system & the problem:
>
>- have a DUAL-BOOT set up with WIN98SE & WIN-XP when WIN-XP is installed on a SEPARATE
>Drive formatted with NTFS file system
>
>- Pentium II with 512 RAM.
>
>The DUAL-BOOT was working perfectly UNTIL I decided to uninstall one of the useless
>Utility-'gadgets' of my COMCAST Cable Modem Local Area connection: I noted that
>the uninstallation process took unusually long and I suspected a problem with it.
>Surely enough, after that I could NOT properly boot my XP NTFS-formatted Drive (which
>was set up as the DEFAULT booting Drive), and after running the Restore Console
with
>its many features for 'fixing' the Boot.ini file, I still can NOT access or properly
>boot the XP NTFS-formatted Drive EXCEPT when I'm using the Command Prompt at the
>Restore Console: I can get the Drive Directory listing but I do NOT know how I
could
>use it to rebuild/repair the Boot.ini.
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated...!
>Thanks.
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- Damaged BOOT.INI file... (thorsak: Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 10:18 am)
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