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invalid boot.ini file Booting from C:\windows\ Smife 10-11-2008
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Posted by Smife on October 11, 2008, 11:20 am
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I get the message (invalid boot.ini file Booting from C:\windows\) when
booting my PC. I do not have a Boot.ini tab in msconfig, and in My Compuer,
Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Settings, their is no Defult
Operating System to pick from. Also when I click Edit in System Startup the
Notepad is Blank. How do I fix this error message The PC still boots up just
the message is anoying.

Posted by CSM1 on October 11, 2008, 1:51 pm
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>I get the message (invalid boot.ini file Booting from C:\windows\) when
> booting my PC. I do not have a Boot.ini tab in msconfig, and in My
> Compuer,
> Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Settings, their is no Defult
> Operating System to pick from. Also when I click Edit in System Startup
> the
> Notepad is Blank. How do I fix this error message The PC still boots up
> just
> the message is anoying.

You either have a messed up Boot.ini file or you have some kind of malicious
software giving you a headache.

Boot.ini is located in the root folder of the C: drive. (Boot Drive)

Usually contains this, if the system is Windows XP professional:

[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
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

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Posted by Andrew on October 12, 2008, 1:29 pm
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Make a file called boot.ini in the C: drive

in it put:

[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
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

replacing partition(1) with which ever partition.

"Smife" wrote:

> I get the message (invalid boot.ini file Booting from C:\windows\) when
> booting my PC. I do not have a Boot.ini tab in msconfig, and in My Compuer,
> Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Settings, their is no Defult
> Operating System to pick from. Also when I click Edit in System Startup the
> Notepad is Blank. How do I fix this error message The PC still boots up just
> the message is anoying.

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