[Xenon]

well.. i turned on my PC this morning.. and

this Message while booting came

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INVALID BOOT.INI file
starting from C:\windows\

this shows up for 2 secs.
after that it boots normal.

i havent done ANYTHING to my PC in last 2 weeks. no updates no installs. nothing at all..

so im quite curious and puzzled over this.

[Datalus]

You should consider taking a peek at you BOOT.INI file. To do so, type in 'msconfig' in the run prompt in the start menu (Assuming you're using Win2000 or XP). The "System Configuration Utility" will pop up and then click on the BOOT.INI . This is what mine looks like:

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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

(I have a Linux partition after this one, but I don't think it will effect this because GRUB is before the windows bootloader)


Just see if anything looks strange in you BOOT.INI

[dbfootballa3]

Datalus, I recently reinstalled windows, and It didn't wipe out linux. But the green boot screen isn't there.

Sorry for getting off topic...

Please help?

[Amadeus]

Did you set up your boot loader file?

[Xenon]

well did system restore..

problem solved. actually it was Norton which was messing things up for some reason (probably cause i removed some of its start up scan utilities to save memory and time)

after restore its gone.

[Datalus]

dbfootballa3, on 20 Dec, 2005 - 11:28 AM, said:

Datalus, I recently reinstalled windows, and It didn't wipe out linux. But the green boot screen isn't there.

Sorry for getting off topic...

Please help?

Put in your original Linux setup disk and from that, try to re-install your boot loader.