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How 2 edit the boot.ini file in dos
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Name: ElderDragon
Date: December 23, 2003 at 12:49:22 Pacific
Subject: How 2 edit the boot.ini file in dos
OS: 98/2000k
CPU/Ram: 600m/256mb
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Comment: I had my computer dual booted with win2000 and win 98. well the 2000 alway's started up if u didn't get to the computer in time so I edited my boot.ini file and switch the 2 arround. and now my computer won't start up. I can get into ms-dos now I just need 2 know where the file is and how 2 edit it. ANY HELP would be awesome. Merry Christmas All.
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Response Number 1
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Name: mesich
Date: December 23, 2003 at 13:10:06 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Elder, hello everyone,At the C:\>type the following: attrib -r -a -s -h boot.ini [press enter]
edit boot.ini [press enter] Best Regards,
Mesich
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Response Number 2
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Name: Wired
Date: December 23, 2003 at 13:16:51 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)dragon, I'm assuming that your primary partition is your NT partition since it loaded that by default. So you need an NTFS bootup disk which can be made with the files from "www.bootdisk.com". Once you've booted with that you should be able to see your boot.ini file with a "dir" command and then you can edit it by typing: "edit boot.ini".
good luck,
wired
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Response Number 3
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Name: raincheck
Date: December 23, 2003 at 13:17:13 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Just so you know in the future, you don't have to edit the boot.ini file to manage the boot menu.
If you get back up and running, boot into Win 2000 and RIGHT click "My Computer", choose the "advanced" tab. Then click "startup and recovery".
From here you can choose which Operating System will be the default, and allow you to set how many seconds you want the menu to stay, to give you the choice to boot to the other one (Win98 in your case).
I hope you made a back up copy of your boot.ini file before you altered it.
Good Luck
raincheck
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Response Number 5
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Name: ElderDragon
Date: December 23, 2003 at 14:53:23 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Every time I type at the c:\ the commands attrib -r -a -s -h boot.ini [press enter]
edit boot.ini [press enter], it say's bad command. and I couldn't find a Ntboot disk from www.bootdisk.com. what can I do now?? Thank you for all your help so far.. :)
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Response Number 6
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Name: raincheck
Date: December 23, 2003 at 17:15:54 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Make sure you're typing it exactly like Mesich said, because it is NOT a bad command.
Note the spaces, and where there are not spaces.
attrib -r-a-s-h boot.ini (hit enter)
edit boot.ini (hit enter)
Let us know how you do this time...
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Response Number 7
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Name: ElderDragon
Date: December 23, 2003 at 17:47:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I'm still getting the same message (Bad command or file name) where do you want me to execute the commands at I am just at the C:\ prompt and I typed exactly. where does the boot.ini file reside.
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Response Number 8
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Name: Derek
Date: December 23, 2003 at 17:55:39 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Are you sure your boot.ini file is still there, those commands are fine? raincheck did a little typo (don't we all).
You MUST have the spaces each side of -r -h -s -h as given by mesich. D
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Response Number 9
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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: December 23, 2003 at 17:59:27 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If 98 is on the c: partition type this: path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command and enter. Then type the: attrib -s -h -r boot.ini and enter.
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Response Number 10
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Name: ElderDragon
Date: December 23, 2003 at 20:33:19 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)FINALLY!!!
Thank you all so much for your help! This is what worked: path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command
and enter. Then type the:
attrib -s -h -r boot.ini
and enter. Then edit boot.ini You are all awesome ~ thank you!
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Response Number 11
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Name: ElderDragon
Date: December 23, 2003 at 20:34:01 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)FINALLY!!!
Thank you all so much for your help! This is what worked: path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command
and enter. Then type the:
attrib -s -h -r boot.ini
and enter. Then edit boot.ini You are all awesome ~ thank you!
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Response Number 13
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Name: raincheck
Date: December 23, 2003 at 22:32:37 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I'm glad you got that straightened out, I learned from this thread myself.
I hope you use my suggestion in response #3 when you want to alter the boot menu for now on, it's not hard to mess up that boot.ini file.
Happy Holidays!
raincheck
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Response Number 14
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Name: mesich
Date: December 23, 2003 at 22:36:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi Elder, Wired, Raincheck, Derek, DAVEINCAPS, Nice to hear you got it fixed. Happy Holidays Everyone. Best Regards and Wishes,
Mesich
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