Boot.ini problem, I CAN'T BOOT XP, HELP
It took me a long time to finally get xp to install because it kept freezing, it got to the point where I had to install windows 98. So I install winxp seperate of that and everythings dandy, than my dumb *** formats the c: and now my comp won't boot, I have xp on d: so its still there and I have win98 installed ag ...
It took me a long time to finally get xp to install because it kept freezing, it got to the point where I had to install windows 98. So I install winxp seperate of that and everythings dandy, than my dumb *** formats the c: and now my comp won't boot, I have xp on d: so its still there and I have win98 installed again, problem is I can't boot to XP. I need a boot.ini file...or whats in one so I can get my comp to boot to xp, please help out, thanks in advance!
-Amnesiac
-Amnesiac
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I need to figure out how to get
[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" /fastdetect
to be my primary boot...right now its booting win98 and I have both on...I just want xp to load...How can I make myself a boot file and load winxp?
-Amnesiac
[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" /fastdetect
to be my primary boot...right now its booting win98 and I have both on...I just want xp to load...How can I make myself a boot file and load winxp?
-Amnesiac
Don't forget that NOT ONLY Boot.ini is necessary for XP/NT ...
You need NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR too.
And I personally don't know any program which can write these two files to the right place on your booting HDD.
I can be wrong but I think that only repair function of booting CD can do this.
Regards D.
You need NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR too.
And I personally don't know any program which can write these two files to the right place on your booting HDD.
I can be wrong but I think that only repair function of booting CD can do this.
Regards D.
