Lost boot.ini in a dual boot XP Pro SP3/ VISTA Ultimate system

[srk999]

I was playing with boot screens. In the process somehow I manage to lose boot.ini in dual boot XP Pro SP3/ VISTA Ultimate system. XP is installed in the primary partition, and Vista in the extended partition. What can I do at this point? I am afraid to shut down my PC, 'cos I have had enough with reinstalling XP & Vista.

[aviv00]

u may find boot.bak there rename it to ini and reboot

its should work

GL

[jaclaz]

In a dual boot Vista/XP normally the Vista BOOTMGR is called, which access the BCD, which accesses the NTLDR+BOOT.INI.

If the BCD is OK, you can recreate a BOOT.INI fromm scratch, read here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/BOOTINI-and-diff...ive-t25365.html

http://www.msfn.org/board/Discovery-of-an-...ery-t33030.html

jaclaz