' INVALID BOOT. Message from INI file when you start Windows XP

I get the error message "INVALID BOOT. INI file"when I start the computer, but then, it goes into XP.  Could someone tell me please how to fix this?  I don't have the Windows XP CD because my friends brother died and they gave me the computer, and it was already installed.  I could get the CD if necessary, but I was wondering if there is a way to fix this without it?  Thank you in advance for your help!

If you see a message like this:

Invalid BOOT. INI file
Booting from C:\windows\

This usually means that the c:\boot.ini file is missing, but you can replace it.

Miss the file would require a little extra work, since it is normally a hidden system, read-only file, but I can think of many things that is happy to remove it for you.

If the system is working properly, what do you think happened to the system since the last time, he did not work properly?

You now, or have you had the "Ask Toolbar" installed on your system?

Do you now or nave already used third-party applications on your system where the product description includes descriptive as sentences:

cleaner, mechanic, detective, doctor, heal, optimize, clean up, tune up, speed up, set towards the top, compact, compress, faster, power, boost, boost, gum, muncher. guaranteed or all that has an icon that looks like a key, the key or the screwdriver?

In a facility only XP partition has not even need a c:\boot.ini file starts - he's going to complain, but this threshold always begin.

You must create a new file c:\boot.ini.  It's just a text file, so you can use any text editor such as Notepad or WordPad to create a new file.

Here is an example of a simple c:\boot.ini file you can copy and paste the text to a new file. :

[boot loader]
Timeout = 5
default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \WINDOWS
[operating systems]
"multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional "/ noexecute = optin/fastdetect

When you get this text into your text editor, do a save as, and save the file as:

c:\Boot.ini

Answered in the affirmative if invited to replace the existing file.

Then restart your system.

If the file is missing once again, we need to understand why and fix it.

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