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I get this message when trying to boot up "invalid boot.ini file booting from C:\Windows". I have a Dell notebook with Windows XP. I does not fully boot and just keeps repeating this cycle. Any ideas?
Name: guapo Date: August 5, 2009 at 06:48:49 Pacific
Reply:
Try F8 first. If it takes you to a boot menu, choose last known good config.
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Response Number 2
Name: Kaiea Date: August 5, 2009 at 20:43:43 Pacific
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Thanks for the tip - I went through the steps as suggested but no change unfortunately.
I would be most grateful for any further ideas...
Cheers
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Response Number 3
Name: guapo Date: August 6, 2009 at 13:18:44 Pacific
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On my Dell desktop, boot.ini is in the C:\boot_emt directory & there is a backup boot.ini.backup in C:\windows\pss
If you can boot to a command prompt using F8, you can cd to c:\windows\pss & run copy boot.ini.backup c\boot_emt Then run rename boot.ini.backup boot.ini
If that can't be done, boot with a boot disk that has a copy of boot.ini on it & copy that to c:\boot_emt
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