Invalid boot.INI file

Freedom-Fighter SG

yeah.. getting that for some time now everytime i switch on my comp.

nothing bad is happening so far tho.. everything on my comp is running smoothly.

but shud i be worried/fix it?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Until you dual boot, there shouldn't be any issues.

It's fixable, if you want to fix it.

Will need to see your boot.ini.

Click on Start > Run and enter in notepad C:\boot.ini

Press Enter. Boot.ini will open. Copy and paste the contents back to this topic.

Freedom-Fighter SG

it says cannot find the file leh..

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Windows is installed in C drive?

playmemory SG

Here is a sample boot.ini file look like

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

The above could be different for different machines and OS.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Let's try the simplest solution first.

Go to C:\Windows\pss folder.

See if you can find a file named boot.ini.backup

Freedom-Fighter SG

ya windows installed in C drive.

found it:

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

do i juz create a new boot.ini in notepad with these codes?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

How did you find it? Where is it found?

Some questions:

1. Your version of Windows? Home or Pro?

2. How many partitions you have?