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boot.ini not running
Name: Mike Date: October 5, 2002 at 18:21:50 Pacific OS: Win2k(and WinME) CPU/Ram: 900mhz/128mb
Comment:
On startup a menu usually pops up asking what OS to run, but Norton AntiVirus thought that boot.ini was edited. Which it was, but that was 3 months ago when Win2k was installed. So Norton AntiVirus got rid of the menu thingy. So like, how do you turn it back on?
Name: dude Date: October 5, 2002 at 18:51:22 Pacific
Reply:
What is your setup? Which partition is WinMe on and which one is w2k on?
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Response Number 2
Name: Mike Date: October 5, 2002 at 19:14:06 Pacific
Reply:
They are on the same partition.
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Response Number 3
Name: stan Date: October 5, 2002 at 19:17:27 Pacific
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Right-click My Computer Click Properties Select the Advanced tab Click the Startup and Recovery button Put a checkmark in front of "Display a List of Operating Systems" and specify the length of time Click OK
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Response Number 4
Name: dude Date: October 5, 2002 at 19:49:59 Pacific
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If they are on the same drive and WinMe is using the C: partition.... Go to Start/Run/notepad c:boot.ini
Name: kooby(mikes pal) Date: October 5, 2002 at 21:24:49 Pacific
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im in win me. thats what automatically loads. yes the boot.ini file as i checked is in tact its not "calling" it. it just goes into win me. i need to know how to fix it. something to do with boot records. i need more help
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Response Number 6
Name: dude Date: October 5, 2002 at 21:49:04 Pacific
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Only thing I can think of to try is boot with the WinMe boot disk and get to the prompt A:\>
Type fdisk /mbr and press the enter key.
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Response Number 7
Name: trvlr Date: October 6, 2002 at 11:54:30 Pacific
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Are you actually seeing the boot-menu before it boots to ME?
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Response Number 8
Name: DaisyBanks Date: October 7, 2002 at 18:54:08 Pacific
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Mike do this: go to command prompt, make sure your at the c: prompt. type: attrib boot.ini -r -h -s go to your c drive and you should be able to see it now, open with notepad and copy the contents and post here so i can see it. you'll need to do some editing of the boot.ini, you might also have to repair your existing win2k by running setup and choosing repair from the menu.
Summary: Try this in a dos prompt: attrib -h -s -r c:\boot.ini It might work, it might not. If not here is a copy of my boot.ini.(I edited out my winse os) This is for win2k installed on drive C: You will ha...
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Summary: Boot.ini is a hidden file Do the following to view and edit boot.ini Start>Run then type "command" at the prompt: type c: then type: attrib boot.ini -h -r -s This removes the attributes for editing th...
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