TheeBeets Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Well after medling with trying to create my own boot screen i now get some startup error boot.ini is invalid and then it loads from C:\WindowsI searched Google and stuck in my Xp Disc and used recovery console to fix it but that hasnt worked I typed "FIXBOOT" and it said it wrote a new sector but when i restarted nothing had changed so yea can someone give me some clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsden Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Don't hack your machine until you learn what you are doing... Your problem is your corrupt boot.ini file- not the HD boot sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroc Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 yeah...the boot.ini is in the C:\ root directory and is something like this...this is from my Server Machine.....so maybe someone can post the XP boot.ini[boot loader]timeout=10default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 To fix the boot.ini in RC or Windows, use the bootcfg command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 2Takeshi: I think you couldnt repair with bootcfg, it is only way to create/edit it. 2TheeBeets: boot.ini is in c: and is hidden file. If you dont have it, Windows will assume you have windows installed in c:\windows directory. It is for locating ntloader and nt os kernel. If you dont have it, create this file (boot.ini) and create text[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect[boot loader]timeout=3default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWSPersonally I am adding lines /sos /noguiboot. For more information check www.sysinternals.com, it is probably best article about boot.ini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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