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Chris P
December 28th 03, 09:07 PM
This is the initial letter.
Hello.
Whenever I start up my system I get:
Invalid BOOT.INI file
Booting from c:\windows\
and then the system boots up. What's going on here and
how do I correct it?
Thanks,
--Chris.

In a response I received to this, I was asked for
more detail on my system. Here it is:
There are two hard disks, 80 gigs in primary and 30GB in
the slave postion and are designated C: and D:
respectively. Both are formatted NTFS. WinXP is on C:.
D: is the old "C:", formally formatted FAT32. Everything
(possible?) is on the new C:. Once I've ironed
everything out, D: will be used for storage.
I have been given the typical BOOT.INI file for a
system with one Hard Disk. Thanks. Even though I think I
need the typical BOOT.INI file for two HD's, I still find
the info interesting (as I've never seen it before), and
is still useful (I can still pass it along!) as it
becomes part of my meager knowlege base. Thank you very
much for your time and attention. Sincerly,
--chris.

Arc
December 28th 03, 09:11 PM
"Chris P" > wrote in message
...
> This is the initial letter.
> Hello.
> Whenever I start up my system I get:
> Invalid BOOT.INI file
> Booting from c:\windows\
> and then the system boots up. What's going on here and
> how do I correct it?
> Thanks,
> --Chris.
>
> In a response I received to this, I was asked for
> more detail on my system. Here it is:
> There are two hard disks, 80 gigs in primary and 30GB in
> the slave postion and are designated C: and D:
> respectively. Both are formatted NTFS. WinXP is on C:.
> D: is the old "C:", formally formatted FAT32. Everything
> (possible?) is on the new C:. Once I've ironed
> everything out, D: will be used for storage.
> I have been given the typical BOOT.INI file for a
> system with one Hard Disk. Thanks. Even though I think I
> need the typical BOOT.INI file for two HD's, I still find
> the info interesting (as I've never seen it before), and
> is still useful (I can still pass it along!) as it
> becomes part of my meager knowlege base. Thank you very
> much for your time and attention. Sincerly,
> --chris.

Paste in your current boot.ini file here, so we can see what the problem is.

Arc

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