I have looked everywhere for the boot.ini file for my boot disk. I cannot log back into my WIN2K PRO system. It will not take my password. I was told I could rename the SAM file to OLDSAM, but first I need: boot.ini bootsect.dos ntdetect.com ntldr I have the two nt- files but not the boot- files. I cannot seem to find them or extract them from my WIN2K PRO cd either. Is there a place where I can download two simple files (boot.ini and bootsect.dos)? I have looked all over using COPERNIC and I still cannot find the files. If someone has the files and can email them to me, that would be great. I need to get my system up and running again asap. Thanks so much in advace - for the assistance.

The text file below should get you going, assuming that: 1. You installed W2k on partition 1. If not, replace the g1h with the proper partition number. Check with Fdisk if you have more than one partition, and are not sure which you used for W2k. 2. You used the default name of WINNT for the system installation folder. If not, replace WINNT with the name you used. 3. If you use a word processor sure that you save in plain (.txt) form with the name gboot.inih and replace all of the \ signs with the back-slash character. Sorry, but I am using a Japanese language system, which uses the \. 4. The timeout value in line 2 is the time in seconds that the boot directory appears. Default is 30, anything from 0 up works. I like 5 better than 30. 5. The names appearing within the g g in lines 5 and 6 can be anything you want: it just determines what is displayed in the boot directory screen mentioned in 4. above. No effect on the operation. [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Server" /fastdetect C:\="MS-DOS" Good luck!

Boot.ini is a protected system file in Windows 2000. With Explorer select your C: or the drive where W2K is installed. Select Tools... Folder Options... View and remove the check mark in the "Hide protected operating system files" option and also select the "show hidden files and folders" radio button. You will then be able to see your boot.ini. You will have to use the attrib command to remove the system, Hidden and read only attributes before you can edit it. Be careful and make a backup before editing.