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boot.ini missing

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bharat_r
bharat_r Original post #1
Oct 9, 2007 at 11:11 PM
I have Windows XP & Suse 10.1 installed on my system.
After I select Windows XP from GRUB it shows an error massage which says invalid boot.ini ,but XP boots after that & everything is normal.

Also I can't find boot.ini in Msconfig(attached pic)

Please tell me what is wrong :)
bharat_r
Oct 9, 2007 at 11:40 PM
After googling for about half an hour I found out the fix myself..

Set to 'Show hidden Files and Folders' in Control Panel => Folder Options => View
Then go to Start => Run and type in:

%windir%\pss

Look for a file named boot.ini.backup

Copy it to C:\ and Rename it to remove the .backup extension leaving just boot.ini