Boot.ini prob · DIGIT-ARC

hey i am facing a strange problem

my files got corrupted and among them was boot.ini

so i made another one as at startup it that invalid boot.ini files
i have 2 windows xp in same c:\ drive namely in folder "windows" and "windows.0" but now it automatically opened "windows.0" xp and it showed error that window cannot find boot.ini file and so i made a new one and this is it:

[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="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional(Rohit)" /fastdetect

now when i open the upper windows it opens "windows.0" and when i opened lower windows it showed error that "hal.dll is missing or corrupt"
so how to remove that.

and can anyone tell me what is win.ini file

P

As ur second option is invalid as u are saying ur two windows are on the same partiton then partiton(2) should be partition(1)

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP Professional(Rohit)" /fastdetect

Correct one

[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="Windo ws XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS.0="Windo ws XP Professional(Rohit)" /fastdetect

Also run a check disk (Scan disk) on ur hard disk and run a spyware scan (use spybot) and virus scan

As i think u should install two windows in two different partition to avoid such type of problems

Try Hijack this! once

try booting into safe mode with cmd prompt somehow and then enter fix boot and fix mbr in the command prompt...

else

boot from the win xp setup cd and goto repair option and repair it.