Invalid Boot.ini file, booting from c:/windows/??

[Fastcat]

Anyone know what could cause this message? I recently had a few viruses and then this started happening. Does it mean my boot .ini was altered somehow?? Only happens in Dos at startup, before windows loads.

OS: WinXp Home

 

[Smilin]

You'll get this message if the [operating systems] section is missing. It will boot normally to whatever you have specified in default= under the [boot loader] section.

If you boot.ini is completely missing, junk or unreadable it will boot normally only if you're booting to multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1).

When in doubt, boot to recovery console and use the "map arc" command to see how to rebuild your boot.ini.

 

[Fastcat]

Well that worked, or at least im not seeing that message anymore. Thanks for the help I appreciate it alot.