XP SP3 Prob?

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[Radaghast]

can you post the contents of boot.ini here. May I assume Windows is installed at C:\Windows? It may be you'll have to try something like fixboot or even a full 'over the top' repair. Having said that, you may just as well reinstall.

[naren]

I deleted the new boot.ini. The new one was also showing invalid & it was exactly the same as the old one.

I have only C & D drives. D drive is CD/DVD drive. So definitely windows is installed at C:\Windows, right? How can I check it?

Whats the default XP setting for System Configuration Utility - General - Use Original Boot.ini or Use Modified Boot.ini i.e which one should be selected?

Whats the command for fixboot?

[Radaghast]

I have only C & D drives. D drive is CD/DVD drive. So definitely windows is installed at C:\Windows, right? How can I check it?

I think you've already answered this in an earlier post, but you can check by running bootcfg /scan

Whats the default XP setting for System Configuration Utility - General - Use Original Boot.ini or Use Modified Boot.ini i.e which one should be selected?

If you add additional start-up modifiers to the boot.ini file, such as /safeboot /sos etc., you can select to boot with the modified boot.ini

Can you do the following please.

1. Open a command prompt in XP
2. Type C:\ <enter>
3. Type dir /a > list.txt <enter>
4. Type type boot.ini > boot.txt
5. Post list.txt and boot.txt here.

[naren]

I have to do it under normal XP or USB XP

[Radaghast]

I have to do it under normal XP or USB XP

On the XP installed on the laptop. I assume this is the one with the boot.ini ptoblem?

[naren]

Nothing happened & error.

Attached is the screenshot.

Yes this is the system with boot.ini prob

[Radaghast]

Nothing happened & error.

Attached is the screenshot.

Yes this is the system with boot.ini prob

Try again:

At a command prompt type the following:

cd\ <enter> ------ This should take you to the root directory which is just C:\>

When you're in the root  C:\> Type

dir /a > list.txt <enter> ----- This will create a text file called list.txt in C:\>

Next type:

type boot.ini > boot.txt <enter> ----- Make sure you enter the word type. This will create a text file called boot.txt

When the two text files have been created you can attach them to a post.

[naren]

Attached are the notepad files

[Radaghast]

I can see nothing wrong with the information provided; has this PC ever been used in a dual boot situation?

If you haven't already, set the Timeout= value in the boot.ini to 0 (zero) and see what happens. Failing that try running fixboot from the recovery console (as you did with bootcfg) The syntax is simply:

Fixboot C:

[naren]

I never used this system with dual boot. But for once I have installed Lubuntu formatting XP & once Ubuntu formatting Lubuntu. After this the prob of F8 not working started. So I had to install XP with the combination of Winlite & Wintoflash. Can the prob of boot.ini be coz of this combination install?

I will try as you have mentioned & report here

[naren]

I have tried setting the timeout to 0 secs before i.e startup & recovery - settings - time to display list of OS - unchecking this option sets the timeout to 0 secs & this didn't worked.

I now tried FIXBOOT C: & it was successful. Check bootpath still mentions invalid & I have to wait & see if the startup screen appears or not as the screen doesn't appears always.

[naren]

If I open my USB XP there is a file boot configuration settings.

It is little different than my systems.

SYSTEMS


[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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

USB XP


[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[Operating Systems]
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT = "1st, text mode setup (Boot from flash again after finished)"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="2nd, GUI mode setup, continue setup + 1st start of Windows" /fastdetect
C:\ = "---> DEBUG, in case of HAL.DLL or NTOSKRNL.EXE not found errors <---"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 1 partition 2" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 1 partition 3" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 1 partition 4" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 2 partition 1" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 2 partition 2" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 2 partition 3" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Debug boot rDisk 2 partition 4" /fastdetect

[naren]

Fixboot didn't solve the prob. The screen appeared again.

[Radaghast]

There's not really many options left, you can try the following:

1. Delete the boot.ini file - As you're not dual booting and Windows is installed in the default location, you don't need boot.ini
2. Try running 'fixmbr\Device\HardDisk0' from the recovery console.
3. Reinstall...

[naren]

Did you checked my post 2 post above where I have mentioned boo.ini of system & USB XP with which I installed XP.

There is a difference in both

System has rdisk(0) & USB has rdisk(1)

Should I try editing the system to 1 in both the places i.e default & the last line in boot.ini

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