Bearman

Please indulge me. What disk utility was used to create the Partitions?

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"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
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> Boot.ini is in the root of my main drive (F. I don't have a
> boot.ini backup.
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> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:OJt805$5FHA.2888@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> What is the path for the boot.ini file. Do you also have a
>> boot.ini.backup file on your system? If yes what file path?
>>
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>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
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>> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:mpCdnU3eptnQjevenZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>
>>> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OxxtDT35FHA.2600@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>
>>>> Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options,
>>>> View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden
>>>> files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system
>>>> files
>>>> " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item.
>>>> You
>>>> should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for
>>>> known
>>>> file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure
>>>> View,
>>>> Details is selected and then select View, Choose Details and check
>>>> before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for that. The key was to uncheck "Hide protected operating
>>> system files." I can see boot.ini in Windows Explorer. But it
>>> still doesn't show up in msconfig. I don't want to change anything
>>> ("if it ain't broke....etc.). I was just curious.
>>> --
>>> Bearman
>>> Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
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> Bearman
>
> Please indulge me. What disk utility was used to create the Partitions?
>
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>
>
> Regards.
>
> Gerry

My main drive (F which has XPSP2 was set up by the local vendor so I have
no idea what he used to partition. My other drive (C: and G were set up
by me using Western Digital's Data Lifeguard.
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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uLHNH9E6FHA.1140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Do you have multiple drives/volumes? If so, which one is designated as
> "active"? Are the system and boot volumes the same or different? Msconfig
> looks to the volume designated as "system" for this file, so if it is not
> there it will not see it.
>
>
It's weird. My XP drive (F is active and my C: drive (Win98SE) is also
designated active. I used Aida32 and Evergreen to get those results. My G:
drive isn't designated anything. C: and G: are on the same hard drive. My
computer boots into XP (from F: I assume since that's where XP resides).
Acronis True Image says both F: and C: are primary and active
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Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.

Hi,

Copy (not Move) it to C:, what happens then?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uLHNH9E6FHA.1140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Do you have multiple drives/volumes? If so, which one is designated as
>> "active"? Are the system and boot volumes the same or different? Msconfig
>> looks to the volume designated as "system" for this file, so if it is not
>> there it will not see it.
>>
>>
> It's weird. My XP drive (F is active and my C: drive (Win98SE) is also
> designated active. I used Aida32 and Evergreen to get those results. My
> G: drive isn't designated anything. C: and G: are on the same hard drive.
> My computer boots into XP (from F: I assume since that's where XP
> resides). Acronis True Image says both F: and C: are primary and active
> --
> Bearman
> Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.
>

Boot.ini shows up in msconfig.


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O7GT1jJ6FHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Copy (not Move) it to C:, what happens then?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
> news:s--dndgtY6lpCOreRVn-qQ@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:uLHNH9E6FHA.1140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Do you have multiple drives/volumes? If so, which one is designated as
>>> "active"? Are the system and boot volumes the same or different?
>>> Msconfig looks to the volume designated as "system" for this file, so if
>>> it is not there it will not see it.
>>>
>>>
>> It's weird. My XP drive (F is active and my C: drive (Win98SE) is also
>> designated active. I used Aida32 and Evergreen to get those results. My
>> G: drive isn't designated anything. C: and G: are on the same hard
>> drive. My computer boots into XP (from F: I assume since that's where XP
>> resides). Acronis True Image says both F: and C: are primary and active
>> --
>> Bearman
>> Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.
>>
>
>

Curious, but it indicates that the installation "believes" that the boot (in
ms terms: system) partition is C:.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
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>
> Boot.ini shows up in msconfig.
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:O7GT1jJ6FHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Copy (not Move) it to C:, what happens then?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:s--dndgtY6lpCOreRVn-qQ@comcast.com...
>>>
>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:uLHNH9E6FHA.1140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Do you have multiple drives/volumes? If so, which one is designated as
>>>> "active"? Are the system and boot volumes the same or different?
>>>> Msconfig looks to the volume designated as "system" for this file, so
>>>> if it is not there it will not see it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's weird. My XP drive (F is active and my C: drive (Win98SE) is
>>> also designated active. I used Aida32 and Evergreen to get those
>>> results. My G: drive isn't designated anything. C: and G: are on the
>>> same hard drive. My computer boots into XP (from F: I assume since
>>> that's where XP resides). Acronis True Image says both F: and C: are
>>> primary and active
>>> --
>>> Bearman
>>> Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Here is the boot.ini file.

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

B


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23VjppWK6FHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Curious, but it indicates that the installation "believes" that the boot
> (in ms terms: system) partition is C:.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
> news:rJWdnWYUrLpsXereRVn-vg@comcast.com...
>>
>> Boot.ini shows up in msconfig.
>>
>>
>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:O7GT1jJ6FHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Copy (not Move) it to C:, what happens then?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>
>>> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
>>> news:s--dndgtY6lpCOreRVn-qQ@comcast.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:uLHNH9E6FHA.1140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Do you have multiple drives/volumes? If so, which one is designated as
>>>>> "active"? Are the system and boot volumes the same or different?
>>>>> Msconfig looks to the volume designated as "system" for this file, so
>>>>> if it is not there it will not see it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> It's weird. My XP drive (F is active and my C: drive (Win98SE) is
>>>> also designated active. I used Aida32 and Evergreen to get those
>>>> results. My G: drive isn't designated anything. C: and G: are on the
>>>> same hard drive. My computer boots into XP (from F: I assume since
>>>> that's where XP resides). Acronis True Image says both F: and C: are
>>>> primary and active
>>>> --
>>>> Bearman
>>>> Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Hi,

Yep, that indicates that the system is booting from the first partition on
the first drive. I *think* (and am still working on proving) that this has
to do with the initial drive enumeration achieved during setup.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
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>
> Here is the boot.ini file.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=1
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
> B
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23VjppWK6FHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Curious, but it indicates that the installation "believes" that the boot
>> (in ms terms: system) partition is C:.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
>> news:rJWdnWYUrLpsXereRVn-vg@comcast.com...
>>>
>>> Boot.ini shows up in msconfig.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:O7GT1jJ6FHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Copy (not Move) it to C:, what happens then?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>
>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>>
>>>> "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:s--dndgtY6lpCOreRVn-qQ@comcast.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uLHNH9E6FHA.1140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Do you have multiple drives/volumes? If so, which one is designated
>>>>>> as "active"? Are the system and boot volumes the same or different?
>>>>>> Msconfig looks to the volume designated as "system" for this file, so
>>>>>> if it is not there it will not see it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It's weird. My XP drive (F is active and my C: drive (Win98SE) is
>>>>> also designated active. I used Aida32 and Evergreen to get those
>>>>> results. My G: drive isn't designated anything. C: and G: are on the
>>>>> same hard drive. My computer boots into XP (from F: I assume since
>>>>> that's where XP resides). Acronis True Image says both F: and C: are
>>>>> primary and active
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bearman
>>>>> Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>