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Can't read BOOT.INI
Name: rocknd Date: October 7, 2004 at 12:04:00 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 166/196
Comment:
Very strange. XP will load ok as well as other programs, After awhile 4 or 5 re-boots, get message Fatal error 1 can't read boot.ini?? What might cause this??
Name: Steve Dunn Date: October 7, 2004 at 12:10:33 Pacific
Reply:
What are you doing 4 or 5 reboots for?
Have you another problem?
(Check your hard drive connections are sound and properly connected)
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Response Number 2
Name: StuartS Date: October 7, 2004 at 12:18:12 Pacific
Reply:
Boot.ini is a plain text file so an inability to read it points to either the file being corrupted, which is unlikely, or the part of the disk it reside on being a bit flaky.
Next time Windows boots properly, load boot.ini into Notepad. It should look like this.
[boot loader] timeout=10 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
The numbers may be different but the format should be the same. If you have difficulty load ing boot.ini I would back up your data as it indicates a faulty sector. One faulty sector usually proceeds others.
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