Guest holden Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Re: Invalid Boot.ini file i do this and i gat an error that it has failed because of the corrupt file system which prevents bootcfg from successfully scaning. can anyone help me please "Alex Nichol" wrote: > "Mike C." <Mike C.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >When I startup my computer, I get an error message saying invalid Boot.ini > >file, booting from C:\Windows. > > > >I went looking for the Boot.ini file, but there isn't one! > > Which makes it very invalid indeed! The boot is falling back on a best > guess of where the Windows folder is, and getting it right. Set the > BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead of Setup, > take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password requested is > blank, and TAB over. > > Give > BootCfg /Rebuild > to reconstruct it > > > -- > Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) > Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit) >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Re: Invalid Boot.ini file Re: Invalid Boot.ini file You're referring to a post that is almost three years old. If you want a good answer then I suggest you create your own thread and describle exactly and in detail the nature of your problem, how you attempted to resolve it and what messages you see - verbatim, please! "holden" <holden@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:58404D98-7D16-4A3C-9337-879FEDE68704@microsoft.com... >i do this and i gat an error that it has failed because of the corrupt file > system which prevents bootcfg from successfully scaning. > can anyone help me please > > "Alex Nichol" wrote: > >> "Mike C." <Mike C.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >When I startup my computer, I get an error message saying invalid >> >Boot.ini >> >file, booting from C:\Windows. >> > >> >I went looking for the Boot.ini file, but there isn't one! >> >> Which makes it very invalid indeed! The boot is falling back on a best >> guess of where the Windows folder is, and getting it right. Set the >> BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead of Setup, >> take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password requested is >> blank, and TAB over. >> >> Give >> BootCfg /Rebuild >> to reconstruct it >> >> >> -- >> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) >> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit) >>
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