WIN-2K Invalid Boot.ini file?? - Should I do anything?

I have been running win2000 pro for a year now and about a month ago I have
been getting an error on boot up (the black screen ) it says "Error, Invalid
Boot.ini file" and "using c:\WINNT to start" Something like that?? My
system is running fine, Should I do anything??

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|| I have been running win2000 pro for a year now and about a month ago
|| I have been getting an error on boot up (the black screen ) it says
|| "Error, Invalid Boot.ini file" and "using c:\WINNT to start"
|| Something like that?? My system is running fine, Should I do
|| anything??
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|| XP

It might have some invalid contents due to some sort of corruption.

Have a look in Control Panel / System / Advanced / Startup & Recovery.

The top option if what's written in the boot.ini file. Use the drop down
menu to see if there is anything unusual there.

Try changing some of the values to see if it corrects anything.

 

I went there and what I discovered is my Boot.ini file is missing. I did a
scan and the file is not on my hard drive.
What next?
Thanks for your help!

 

Make sure you're searching in "hidden system files and folders" when looking
for boot.ini, it should be in the root of C: . You can also access it from
msconfig.

 

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|| I went there and what I discovered is my Boot.ini file is missing. I
|| did a scan and the file is not on my hard drive.
|| What next?
|| Thanks for your help!

Well, assuming that your Windows *is* installed on the default partition,
which it seems to be from what you said originally, this should do the
trick.

Copy the following into notepad and save to the root of C:\ as boot.ini -
macke sure you select 'all files' when saving from notepat so it doesn't add
..txt to the end of the file.

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

Once you've saved the file, right click \ properties and give it read only
and hidden attributes.

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||||| I have been running win2000 pro for a year now and about a month
||||| ago I have been getting an error on boot up (the black screen )
||||| it says "Error, Invalid Boot.ini file" and "using c:\WINNT to
||||| start" Something like that?? My system is running fine, Should
||||| I do anything??
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||| It might have some invalid contents due to some sort of corruption.
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||| Have a look in Control Panel / System / Advanced / Startup &
||| Recovery.
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||| The top option if what's written in the boot.ini file. Use the drop
||| down menu to see if there is anything unusual there.
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||| Try changing some of the values to see if it corrects anything.

 

Could explain the error. you can create it manually, it's just a plain
text file.

assuming your c: drive is your first partition and you run no other OS
something like this will do:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect