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Error message when booting windows

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Anish
Anish Original post #1
Oct 9, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Hello friends,
My pc while booting displays
Invalid boot.ini file
Booting from c:\windows\

and it boots normally after this message. Anyways, i want to get rid of this message.

PC details:
Processor: Intel C2D
OS: Windows xp professional

Thanks
Alok
Alok #2
Oct 9, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Read below link =>
Read this

Or
Temporary way is to disable notification from startup services.(type msconfig in run box and hit enter to bring up manager there disable entry in startup tab.)

Or
restore system to earlier worked point. Be careful to select "only c drive" as monitoring drive in restore settings.
Prince Sinha
Oct 12, 2011 at 2:15 PM
First of all go to search and type boot.ini then you will find a file named boot.ini backup ...
right click on it and open it in notepad and copy all the text. Now go o system in control panel. Go to Advanced Tab. Next, go to settings under Start Up and Recovery then click on Edit. Then paste the copied texts from boot.ini backup ..... and restart your computer.

Hope this will help you!! :)
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phpgen #4
Jan 5, 2012 at 11:46 AM
@Anish-if you are still having this issue try this

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