Thanks. Like I said I don't know for sure.
I'll take your word for it. It only makes sense.
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Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"John John" wrote:

> Dixonian69 wrote:
>
> > I don't think you have to have boot.ini to to boot up.
>
> Oh, I think you do, unless you are using a third party boot manager.
> This is what happens when you boot a standard NT/Windows 2000/XP
> installation:
>
> "The boot record points to the NTLDR file. When NTLDR runs, it loads the
> available operating system selections from the Boot.ini file. If the
> user selects Windows, NTLDR runs Ntdetect.com, and then passes control
> to Osloader.exe"
>
> If you think that's not the case then its easy enough for you to test
> your theory, remove the boot.ini file from the system partition (usually
> C:\) then try to boot the pc and tell us what happens. Don't be scared,
> it's easy to fix if the pc doesn't boot... save a copy of your boot.ini
> file on a diskette or another folder in %systemroot% and use the Repair
> Console to stick it back where it belongs. Of course, if this blows up
> in your face I accept no responsibilities! But it won't if you know
> what you're doing...
>
> John
>