yibbleyab Posted November 21, 2005 CID Share Posted November 21, 2005 First off I'd like to apologize if this is in the wrong place but I didn't know if there was a more specific place to make this topic Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted November 21, 2005 CID Share Posted November 21, 2005 Can you post a screenshot, or the contents of the boot.ini file? It's probably just a bad entry. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-95982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted November 22, 2005 CID Share Posted November 22, 2005 Is it WIN XP? I'm thinking this will help you: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184 Sol'n #2: from the command prompt: CHKDSK/R Sol'n #3: From XP CD, go to Recovery Console Mode, run "fixboot" Sol'n #4: From XP CD, go to Recovery Console Mode, run "fixmbr" Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-96086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted November 22, 2005 CID Share Posted November 22, 2005 Couldnt have said it better myself FallowEarth BTW..if all those dont work,you can try booting up with a startup disk,try to get to a command prompt,and try to edit your boot.ini file to the correct settings.If not..then you would have to reformat,and re-install Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-96092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted November 22, 2005 CID Share Posted November 22, 2005 i think it would be for the best if you could post the boot.ini file so we can see if there's anything wrong with it Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-96102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yibbleyab Posted November 25, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 25, 2005 Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-96812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yibbleyab Posted November 25, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 25, 2005 ok so the comp is set to NTFS not FAT32. I wasnt able to run the chkdsk until restart and everything came back ok. Also the fixboot and fixmbr didnt work from the CMD. Is it possible I have a virus that Norton, Spysweeper, and Adaware arent picking up? Man I feel like a noob not being able to figure this out Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-96814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted November 25, 2005 CID Share Posted November 25, 2005 to view ur current boot.ini file, go to: control panel -> system -> advanced -> startup and recovery settings -> and then press Edit button This will open notepad with your current boot.ini file in it.. Just copy+paste what it says in this forum and we can better tell you if its something from it Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-96828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yibbleyab Posted November 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 28, 2005 well this cant be good. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-97417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoughtaling Posted November 28, 2005 CID Share Posted November 28, 2005 I had this same problem and here is what happend, I had to go into the bios and change the boot order to boot from the right drive. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-97440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yibbleyab Posted December 8, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 8, 2005 would I be able to use this file as my boot.ini ? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-99552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 8, 2005 CID Share Posted December 8, 2005 Yes as long as windows is installed on the first partition of your hard drive. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-99553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yibbleyab Posted December 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 9, 2005 ok great. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-99842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted December 9, 2005 CID Share Posted December 9, 2005 ok great. No longer seeing the invalid boot message so it looks like once again I was able to get better and faster answers here then from any other site or person. Thanks to all that helped with this THIS PLACE ROCKS!! VIVA TESTMY.NET. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/9228-unknown-reason-for-bootini/#findComment-99846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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