uh yeah ... boot.ini

[blakerwry]

um.. my boot.ini file disapeared... dunno when, but it's not on either of my HDD's... should I be afraid to reboot?

 

[Howell]

Build a boot floppy first.
Are you sure it is not just hidden?

 

[Mercutio]

Make a new one. If yours is the same as everyone else's - you're booting C:\windows on the first IDE disk on your system, copy it off another machine.

 

[sechs]

It's a bit of a pain, but not that hard to replace. The Windows XP recovery console even has a tool to help you fix one.

 

[blakerwry]

yeah, I've modified the boot.ini several times.. going back to late 90's with NT 4.0, it's just kind of odd that the file is gone. And that the machine boots.

 

[CougTek]

Are you sure it is not just hidden?

Seems stupid, but have you verified in "Folder options" - "View" if "hide protected operating system files" is checked or not? It is by default I think.

 

[blakerwry]

it's not hidden, i can see all the hidden files.. additionally, i get an error about the boot.ini file being missing if I try to goto the startup/recovery options section of the advanced system properties. The message says the file is missing and says I will not be able to edit or make changes to it... duh....

 

[CityK]

it's just kind of odd that the file is gone

I stole it....when you weren't looking