i'm stupid!! boot.ini problem

wesley · 29 Nov 2007 at 23:21

hi guys

had dual boot on my laptop with XP and Xubuntu, i decided to get rid of Xubuntu. So i removed the linux partition with powerquest partitionmagic. Boot up to XP and edited the boot.ini file.

reboot.

dead.......... LOL

i know i did something wrong with the boot.ini, can you pls check my boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]

so how to fix it? i tried boot up with winXP CD there was no R option for recovery console so i can "bootcfg /rebuild"

i'm on Xubuntu LIVE CD at the moment so i can access the XP partition.

many thanks

PS. right now there are 2 NTFS partitions, first one is primary with XP, second one is logical one with nothing (backup)

bledd · 29 Nov 2007 at 23:23

try bootfix from recovery console too

wesley · 29 Nov 2007 at 23:24

something wrong with your eyes?

bledd · 29 Nov 2007 at 23:30

fixmbr is what i meant, sorry been a long day

did read your post though

-edit, didn't read it properly!

when the 'Welcome to Setup' screen comes up, press F10 or r, should get you into it..

d.chatten · 29 Nov 2007 at 23:35

Try the below boot.ini, if you are using XP Home Edition just change the boot.ini to reflect that.

Code:

[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 XP Professional" /fastdetect

Hope this helps!

wesley · 29 Nov 2007 at 23:36

thank you thank you working now