In the Open box, type cmd and press Enterģ. Therefore, this section does not apply to Windows XP Home Edition.Ģ. Note : The Bootcfg.exe utility is only available in Windows XP Professional, which is not available in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. When editing the Boot.ini file using Startup and Recovery, you can select the default operating system to boot first, change the timeout value or edit the file manually using the command-line Bootcfg.exe utility. Multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) WINNT = "Windows 2000 Professional" / fastdetect Multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) WINDOWS = "Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect Here is the sample file of the Boot.ini file of the computer, but the Windows 2000 operating system is installed on another drive: Multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" / fastdetect This is the default sample content of the Boot.ini file in a Windows Xp Professional computer:ĭefault = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) WINDOWS Follow the steps 1-3 above to reopen the Boot.ini file. Double-click the newly created folder, then click the Save button to save a copy of the Boot.ini file to the new folder.Ĭlose the recently opened Notepad file window.
Enter a name for the new folder (for example Luu ) and press Enter to create a new archive folder for the Boot.ini fileħ. Right-click an empty area of the Save As dialog box, select New -> FolderĦ. In Notepad, click File on the menu bar and select Save Asĥ. The Notepad program will open the system Boot.ini file for editing.Ĥ. On the Advanced tab, select Settings under Startup and Recovery. Ĭlick Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl and then click OKĢ. Right-click My Computer then select Properties. Click Yes to confirm that you want to display the entire file system, and then click OK. In the Advanced Settings section, click Show hidden files and folders, remove the Hide extensions for known files types and Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). In the Folder Options dialog box, select the View tabĥ. The first task to do is to remove the option to hide the file system and then back up the Boot.ini file.ġ. In Windows XP, you can quickly and easily find the location of the Boot.ini file so you can check or edit this file system.īefore having any modifications to the file system you should back up the file, in which case you need to backup the Boot.ini file before editing.
This article will tell you how to view and configure manually the Windows XP Boot.ini file from within the Startup and Recovery dialog box. TextPad 7 runs on the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, and on Server 2003, 20.Windows XP has just been updated but after restarting, the error message " Invalid Boot.ini " or " Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: WindowsSystem32Hall.dll ", what will you do? Do you want to re-select the first boot-up operating system in your "multi-operating system" system? All of these actions require a small impact on the Windows XP Boot.ini file system, which is completely manageable.TextPad 8 runs on the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, and on Server 2008 to 2019.7 to 8), the installation process will try to preserve your current TextPad settings. When upgrading from the previous major release (eg.
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