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by bytethebit

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Hello:

I'm writing this to see if someone could help me with a "boot.ini" situation I currently have. Recently I made changes to the boot.ini file via "bootcfg" and now I want to return the boot.ini file to its original "look". I believe under the heading of "operating systems" I can leave this blank? I had several boot-up options in here from when I made the changes, and I'm just wondering if I can delete them all, or do I have to leave at least one entry? If none, I assume the "default" heading listing takes care of the boot path?

Thank you in advance,

Alex McInnes

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by thechas

Like most 'system' files, boot.ini must conform to the proper syntax, or your PC will not function.

A good site for information on boot.ini is www.systeminternals.com

Here is the 'default' boot.ini from a Windows XP installation.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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

As a side note, you will usually get more and faster responses to technical questions if you post them in the Technical Q&A section.

Chas

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