boot.ini in Off Topic

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Feb 23 2007, 1:36 pm
Anyone know how I can manually edit it? It tells me I have XP pro X64 installed twice and only one copy works. When I reinstalled XP I still have the other OS listed on boot.
#1 Feb 23 2007, 4:25 pm
Er... Notepad?

It's in C:\boot.ini. It's a hidden file, so make sure you turn on display of hidden files.

Be careful, keep a backup, try not to kill anything, and be sure to have a failsafe method for restoring the old boot.ini in case something goes wrong. =)
#2 Feb 23 2007, 9:13 pm
Start > Run > msconfig

There's everything you need.
#3 Feb 24 2007, 11:15 am
In response to Nadrew (#2)
Nadrew wrote:
Start > Run > msconfig

There's everything you need.


I can't seem to take that other OS off with config. I guess I need to make a backup and write some program in C++ or C# to rewrite my boot.ini from the command line.
#4 Feb 24 2007, 2:28 pm
In response to Xx Dark Wizard xX (#3)
Am I wrong in thinking you still haven't tried what Crispy said?
#5 Feb 24 2007, 7:34 pm
Xx Dark Wizard xX wrote:
Anyone know how I can manually edit it? It tells me I have XP pro X64 installed twice and only one copy works. When I reinstalled XP I still have the other OS listed on boot.

You need to completely wipe your hard drive. And then reinstall it again(most likely). This happened to my friend because his drive was partitioned and he failed to wipe the drive and start anew....thust putting windows home on one partition and windows pro on the other 0_0
#6 Feb 24 2007, 7:52 pm
In response to FriesOfDoom (#5)
@FriesOfDoom

I highly doubt he'll have to do that. Just go into boot.ini and remove the entry that doesnt work.

If you can't see it enable Show Hidden Files and Show System Files in Folder options and make it not read only.
#7 Feb 24 2007, 8:03 pm
In response to FriesOfDoom (#5)
Well, your friend is a noob.
#8 Feb 24 2007, 10:57 pm
In response to FriesOfDoom (#5)
FriesOfDoom wrote:
You need to completely wipe your hard drive.

Heck no. Don't do that. This is not something that needs a full format to fix. All you need to do is edit boot.ini. It takes like 2 minutes.
#9 Feb 25 2007, 10:38 am
In response to Smoko (#4)
Smoko wrote:
Am I wrong in thinking you still haven't tried what Crispy said?


It worked fine, I made a small program just incase I screwed up.
#10 Feb 25 2007, 5:13 pm
In response to Crispy (#8)
Crispy wrote:
FriesOfDoom wrote:
You need to completely wipe your hard drive.

Heck no. Don't do that. This is not something that needs a full format to fix. All you need to do is edit boot.ini. It takes like 2 minutes.

True, but he said he had already wiped it once, so wiping it again wouldn't matter if you wanted to spend the time to do it.
#11 Feb 25 2007, 5:49 pm
In response to FriesOfDoom (#10)
FriesOfDoom wrote:
Crispy wrote:
FriesOfDoom wrote:
You need to completely wipe your hard drive.

Heck no. Don't do that. This is not something that needs a full format to fix. All you need to do is edit boot.ini. It takes like 2 minutes.

True, but he said he had already wiped it once, so wiping it again wouldn't matter if you wanted to spend the time to do it.



reinstall != wiping HD