Bad boot.ini on XP cd?

Queeg · 12-10-2007, 05:20 PM

Hello all,

I recently corrupted my registry beyond repair so I decided to format and reinstall windows. However, when I insert the windows disk before boot, I hit any key and then it displays " bad boot.ini" and then tries to boot from the normal c drive which obviously will not work because of the damaged registry.

I have experimented with other computers and they are all able to boot from the same windows cd just fine.

tlarkin · 12-10-2007, 05:40 PM

boot off your XP cd and go into recovery console mode.

Then you need to run

bootcfg /rebuild

and

fixboot

that will rebuild the boot.ini file

Queeg · 12-10-2007, 05:51 PM

Yeah but the thing is I cannot get the cd to boot. It reads press any key to boot from cd like normal, but when I hit a key it displays "bad boot.ini" or whatever and then resorts to trying to boot from c like normal. Is it possible for the cd to not work for one computer and work for others?

sameer795 · 12-11-2007, 04:03 PM

try booting from win98 disk.....or maybe resetting bios settings may help (i guess)

12-10-2007, 05:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Queeg Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 37	Bad boot.ini on XP cd? Hello all, I recently corrupted my registry beyond repair so I decided to format and reinstall windows. However, when I insert the windows disk before boot, I hit any key and then it displays " bad boot.ini" and then tries to boot from the normal c drive which obviously will not work because of the damaged registry. I have experimented with other computers and they are all able to boot from the same windows cd just fine.

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12-10-2007, 05:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,944	boot off your XP cd and go into recovery console mode. Then you need to run bootcfg /rebuild and fixboot that will rebuild the boot.ini file

12-10-2007, 05:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Queeg Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 37	Yeah but the thing is I cannot get the cd to boot. It reads press any key to boot from cd like normal, but when I hit a key it displays "bad boot.ini" or whatever and then resorts to trying to boot from c like normal. Is it possible for the cd to not work for one computer and work for others?

12-11-2007, 04:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
sameer795 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 104	try booting from win98 disk.....or maybe resetting bios settings may help (i guess)