BombayNews wrote:
How does one change the boot.ini on a computer?
If the boot is screwed up use the command 'fixboot' in XP's rescue mode
after inserting the CD. To fix the boot loader use 'fixboot'. Depending
on the situation if your files are corrupted you need to first replace
them with good ones using the following.
copy x:\i386\ntldr c: Here c: is your XP partition and x: is your
cd drive.
copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com c:
Once you fixed your XP, now boot into linux through the cd, chroot, and
do 'grub-install /dev/hda' hda is your primary hdd. This will install
grub into your mbr. It uses the /boot/grub/menu.lst file in your linux
partition as the reference so if you have altered the linux partition
numbers, you must also edit the menu.lst file in that partition to point
to the correct partition.
Backup all data before trying any tricks or you will be asking for file
recovery packages. ;)
Regards,
Rony.
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