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How to repair Boot.ini
By TheEmperor | February 5, 2008
Many times have I heard the users lament that their Boot.ini is corrupt and lo’ they can not boot. Be at peace my fretful citizens, your solution is at hand.
To repair Boot.ini you’ll need two things, the first is your Windows XP CD (Or your Vendor OS Recovery CD), the second thing is the instructions below.
First put the XP CD in your CD drive and reboot, during the reboot press whatever key lets you choose the boot device. On a Dell that’s the F12 key, on some other manufacturers you will have to change the boot order in the BIOS and on yet others you will have to do nothing as it will boot from the CD by default.
When you see “Press any key to boot from CD” press a key. Now wait for the XP installer to finish loading up and you will be presented with the option to press R to Repair.
Press R.
The result will be a black screen with some text in it, this is the Recovery Console.
Type fixboot
Your system will do a few things and then return you to the Recovery Console.
Type bootcfg /rebuild
Again the system will go about its business. Once you are returned to the Recovery Console remove the XP Cd and reboot your PC. Everything should boot normally now and your worries should be over. If that doesn’t happen and you still can’t boot then click the Petition button at the top of the page and send me the details. I’ll happily fix your issue and write it up.
As always please
Topics: boot.ini, helpdesk, repair, windows xp |
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