boot.ini error · DIGIT-ARC

Sys config
Windows Xp Pro SP2
Amd Athlon 64 3200+
ASUS A8N - VM
Radeon X1600 PRO
Hitachi Deskstar 80GB SATA HDD

For the past couple of weeks, whenever i boot my sys, after the mobo logo, i get a message - "Boot.ini file error. Booting from c:/windows" Then, it boots just fine
My boot priority is set to HDD -->CD-->Floppy.
Why's this happening?

Maybe the boot.ini is corrupted. Try using the Windows XP setup disk, run Recovery and run the fixboot command as Administrator

but how come it still boots everytime?

in c drive using notepad write following and save as "boot.ini" with quotes:

[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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

wow! i tried checking what ny boot.ini says, but when i opened it from my comp, i got an error message that read - boot.ini could not be found. do u want to create it?
so i selected yes and pasted the code given above by romeo, hope this helps

@romeo:

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S

is there supposed to be a space between W and S in WINDOWS?

nope.....btw hope ur xp is installed in c drive and is the first drive(ide0)

yeah! don't worry sys working perfectly now
thanx a lot. i wonder how my boot.ini got busted

welcome dude....it at times goes wen during bootup windows does tht file sys check....

Actually boot.ini is a hidden system file. So it can't be open in notepad directly. U have to show system files, then u can see it.

& when u created a NEW boot.ini, it overwrite the original boot.ini

^^yep done. actually i didn't need to ovrewrite since comp said boot.ini doesn't exist. do u want to create?